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homesteading claims. Only thirty thousand out of three million Effican Feldons came back from the slave mines. They have been given first priority. After the property claims are settled, they will open for business expansion. The Talisan banks are loaded with credits to make cheap loans and grants available for getting self sustaining businesses up and running."
    Jallis chuckled. "It's funny. You don't think about things such as utilities and infrastructure when resettling populations, but those things have to be brought online and maintained in order for everything else to happen. I have to say that I wish this first year was already over. There is so much work to be done that it's often overwhelming. I'm currently in fear of losing large parts of my staff. Everyone wants to go take care of their own business, their own homes, to establish their own claims.
    "Telfor, that is easy in comparison. The only people who stayed there were the ones working the farms anyway. The soil is rich, and with the shipping lanes opening back up they will have good markets to sell their produce into. My biggest worry is right here on Krakus. We've lost about 10 percent of the population. Another 5 percent have decided to try their luck on Effica. Some of the major businesses are having a hard time with labor shortages. I have business leaders breathing down my neck to do something about it."
    I said, "It sounds like you have most everything under control. As you said, in another year, life will begin to normalize. Hopefully, the time just prior to our freeing ourselves was the low point for this sector. Things won't be the same as they were before, but with the changes we have going on, maybe they will be better."
    Several days later Go returned from dropping off the Jess . Garrett put the sleek personal cruiser to work with a trip to the Contonal system. Our hunch was right, the Saltons were using Contonal for conscript training. The Jess clung to a freighter that stopped in high orbit. Smaller shuttles were used to ferry the freighter's contents to the surface. Garrett made good use of the Jess 's stealth abilities.
    A comm call came in. "Knog, the Adicans are here. I can only run passive scans, which limits what I can detect, but I am certain it is them. Contonal has a continent with a large flat plain area. There are two dozen large camps down there that are each housing several hundred thousand conscripts."
    I said, "Can you distinguish individuals on the ground from your position?"
    Garrett nodded. "I can, but they are mostly housed in buildings with metal roofs. The passive scanners aren't picking anything up from the buildings. I have to go optical when they are being moved between buildings. I can scan those images for Humans, but it will take some time. I don't think this freighter will be here for more than half a day."
    I sat back in my chair, attempting to think on what we might do to speed our search. "Garrett, how is it that you are transmitting to me from there?"
    "I patched into the comms of the freighter, which has access to the surface. They have a portal gate on Contonal. Otherwise you would have to wait for me to get back to the shipyards and the security station there."
    I leaned forward towards the comm. "I need to come out there."
    Garrett shook his head. "Don't waste your time. You can't do anything that I can't do from this ship. You can't even show yourself out here; a Grunta would stand out. Humans, not so much. Focus your energies on making Omega as productive as you can. That is our home base now. The stronger it is, the more we can do away from it. I mean, think about it. I have been at the Theta shipyards negotiating contracts. They do a thorough background on anyone who comes out this way, especially before allowing access to get near that place. Without our firm position in Omega, I wouldn't be out here."
    I sighed. "I suppose you are right. I will continue my work here. Let me know immediately if you come up