by John Vornholt p.4 "batlh Daqawu'taH" p.6 "SuH tugh! p.35-36 From a cylindrical room on an orbital space station, Professor Marla Karuw gazed out the viewport at the dazzling blue-green planet below--the ill-fated Aluwna. Landmasses weaved in rough green bands about the vast orb, looking like fat rivers of blue seas. Despite eighty million souls and a number of large cities, the planet was in pristine condition, owing to the determined policy of low pollution and low population. Marrying three or four men to each woman had effectively solved the population problem eons ago, and new testing procedures had allowed the bloodlines to be categorized and standardized to a degree that was unheard of before the last millennium. On that sparkling blue-green orb, everyone knew exactly where they stood in the pecking order. Their genetic code marked their rank and caste nearly as surely as skin color, height, or wealth had done on other planets. p.36 All of their venerable traditions and tortured logic had produced a world that was helpless had produced a world that was helpless. Had the crisis been a giant meteor, an axis shift, solar eruptions, anything on a planetary scale--the results would have been the same. They were unprepared to deal with anything that was not in their precious view of the universe. p.66 "I can't believe it's all gone," said Farlo. "Don't think about it," answered Candra. "Whatever happens, we're going to get out of here all right." "Yeah, I know," he muttered, thinking of all their friends, the adults who had looked the other way when the urchins stole fruit or a roll. Most of them would be gone forever, just like this sunset and the glistening sea. p.81 "Can we steal some food along the way?" "Sure," answered the lad, but in truth they didn't have to steal food. Everyone who was condemned could have a free last meal. p.112 "Please accept my regrets over the tragic destruction of their planet." p.115 "If this was a sharp bat'leth, your head would be bouncing across the deck." --Worf p.132 "Buffeted like a kite in a hurricane" p.163 "jaDo'choH" p.164 "Dalegh wa'yIHoH!" p.216 "Yes, and a quite delightful planet it was," he answered with emphasis on the past tense. "They weren't without their political intrigue, of course, and their class structure wasn't fair by Federation standards. Still it reminded me of Romulus, if you could turn the Romulans into a peaceful, insular people." "Their overseer was recently murdered," added the captain. Regimol shrugged. "See, reminds me of Romulus." NAMES: Tejharet, Tejmol, Aluwna, Karuw, Nestarm, Komplum, Rajhu, Rayje, Teked, Metsoi, Farlo, Fuzwik, Candra, Padrin, Jenoset, Molfazon, Dyz, Hajhor, Kanow, Ulorna, Nivamol, Sanoset, Vilo, Garlet, Harlam, Hakzen, Lazmon, Darzor, Warlin, Betzel, Doghjey, Kralenk, Uzel, Klamath, Ya'Vang, Jagrow, K'Ehlyr, K'mtar, M'Lorik, Gherdin, Orojop, Seran, Hakon, Myrmidon, Nujgharg, poch'loD
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