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Chapter 20 - The Administrator[]
Mandaoaaru Key Station
Mandaoaaru System
Lyran Commonwealth
3142
Mandaoaaru Key Station, Saturday...
"...no vaccination records on the civilians, we've got some disturbing indicators." Doctor Shelly Price was the CMO of Mandoaaru Key station. "We're running genetic testing but, a fair number of the younger children in that group of illegals are traveling without parents."
"Give me the bad news." Clark Wheelwright, the Station's operations manager knew 'bad news' was coming when she demanded a private meeting.
"Trueborns." she said. "Binetti, Pershaw, Roshak lines, a couple of others are not in our current database. The bizarre part, is they show none of the deep psychological conditioning one would expect from Trueborn Clan warrior caste and the clans don't bother normally with ex-vitro processes for mere civilians."
"We can't let them migrate to the planet then." He said. "I can contact some of our Rockjack families, see if any of them have slots for taking on adoptees. What about the adults?"
"Few markers from Clan eugenics in any of them, not that there are any with a zero percentage, but none of the usual enhancements are present." she asserted. "They're mostly Clan civilians, largely from the Laborer and Artisanal castes."
"I suppose we can see if anyone's hiring then-anybody willing to hire them." He suggested, "I don't suppose any of those laborers or artisans are plumbers?"
She cracked a smile before answering, "I think there might be one or two."
"Good, when you return to the refugee holding area, have them start logging on the jobnet, we can't afford unproductives this fiscal quarter, and the origin means we can't dump them off on the Planetary Government's welfare net...I'll send Clara down with Immigration applications."
"Will you expedite then?" she asked, interested.
"I think it's the only decent thing to do. We can't let them go, they were clearly fleeing a life of slavery in the Clans." he stated, "It would be inhumane to send them back to that madness. We can't let them sit on the dole, because we can't afford a dole. Immigration and job placement are the only options we've got. Getting them staked with established in the Rockjack and Spacer communities is cheaper than trying to wring welfare funds out of the planetary governments."