The Gevion besieged by Sauvax.
The Gevion was a combine-reaper used by the Human settlers of the planet Leritor as a habitat and means of living. The Gevion farmed plains to the south of the mountain range of the Bleaks and near the eastern coast of the main continent of Leritor — although, as she would break the Settlement Pact among the settlers and the native Sauvax species by going earer than 100 kilometers of the coastal line, the Gevion captain avoided that.[1]
A Dark Side Adept known as Profex Rynalla raided both a Sauvax village (or kuuvan) and combine-reaper Nellist to recruit slaves, also hoping to incite a war among the Sauvax and the settlers. The Gevion crew erroneously believed that the Nellist had been attacked by Sauvax.[1]
Soon afterwards, another Sauvax kuuvan, believing that Humans were behind the attack to the Sauvax, surrounded the Gevion and camped in a fertile crop. The Sauvax, behind threatening but not warlike, did not initiate any hostile action; but stopped the Gevion from harvesting a crop that could rot there and, without that income, the Gevion crew could go bankrupt and lose their combine-reaper.[1]
The Sauvax tevelor required an envoy to parlay face to face; however, the Gevion crew was afraid of the Sauvax, who reportedly had attacked unprovoked the Nellist, and nobody volunteered. The Gevion crew attempted to shout from a lower maintenance hatch, unwittingly insulting the Sauvax by doing so.[1]
The Gevion captain then sent a distress signal, which was answered by some nearby offworlders. The offworlders offered to mediate among the groups, which eventually led to the Gevion returning unharmed to her previous activities.[1]
