Right to Farm - Chapter 9

This is a fan fiction. Events depicted here are not canon, though perhaps they could be.

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Memory transcription subject: Lawrence Tillman

Date [standardized human time]: November 13, 2138.

The head of the colonial administration let out his breath slowly while Betty typed on her holopad, transcribing the meeting as quickly as the cameras recorded it. "We will now open the floor."

When Ang relayed what Zilla had reported, the colonial administration wasted no time in calling an assembly. Since the subjects of such meetings usually had serious consequences to the colony, attendance was NOT optional. The only person who wasn't present in person was the Arxur pest control agent, who was still in the field. He joined us by way of his holopad, his face displayed on the screen off to the side.

I stood in the back, waiting patiently. There were always yammer-heads at such meetings. People who wanted to say that the sky was falling, or the opposite, who wanted to dismiss everyone's concerns. They were easy to spot, but fortunately we only had a few.

"Do we know if the federation exterminators are still on this world?"

"It's likely that they are" said the head of colonial security. "There are no records of unauthorized flights since we landed here, and while the orbital sensors aren't top of the line they would at least be able to detect a drive plume."

"Do they know we're here?"

"We don't know." This was the head admin again. "The lack of action could mean that they are unaware that we set down. On the other, it could just mean that they don't feel they have the strength to oppose us."

"Who are they?"

"We don't know who they are associated with."

"More likely Remnants" Ang spoke up. The room turned to look at him, and I gave him a subtle thumbs up. I saw the gojid take a deep breath, his bearing shifting to one of power and command. "I have sent inquiry to my contacts in the exterminators guild asking if there was any ordered activity on New Eden, but the answer I got back was no."

"That matches what I see out here. I found