(eng) Minister Faust by The Ghosts of Carnivores

Author:The Ghosts of Carnivores [Carnivores, The Ghosts of]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

07/11/14:

...celebrated our first month’s anniversary of planetary peace with a feast held in the open, lit by starlight. The nebula flared magnificently tonight. She is far more dramatic now than ever before...

SETI, no longer distracted indigenous infestations and plagues, has divided into two sections--one that studies native life, and another that studies transplanted life, on Tranquility. Each is fascinated by the capability of the simple creatures they study to survive.

SETI-Behavioral, Transplanted, reports that our data and pharmaceutical dissemination amongst the servs has led to the creation of some type of mysticism regarding the nebula. How fascinating! Of course, it is a spectacular sight, and I can see how the simpler mind could become entranced by her beauty, conceivably, even, to the point of worship. Here on this frontier, men are faced with special burdens and crises... perhaps it is well and good that the servs should have something to give them comfort...

05/02/15:

The First Anniversary of Tranquility’s existence has met with great joviality amongst the chiefs of staff, and the banquet was a wonderful distraction from the rigours of our continual data-processing! What work it is to assimilate a Universe.

The long-expected capitulation by Old-Worlders to our requests has meant new shipments of long-absent foodstuffs. I had not eaten fresh eggs or cheese in months. Dr. Benjamin indulged in lamb. Even Dr. Payne’s disagreeability could not succeed in discouraging my good cheer...

Of course, hydroponics had been supplying Base Command with fresh vegetables and fruits for some time, but I had grown tired of their crop of bananas and oranges. What a delight to eat Old-World-grown strawberries. The nebula has smiled on our efforts...

The only disturbance to our celebration was Col. Mad’s aside to me that the servs are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with restrictions on their freedom of movement, activity and association. Although we have explained to them the demands of Colony life, they seem incapable of understanding the sacrifices this entails. I have instructed Col. Mad. that no further collective bargaining activities are to be allowed, and to deal with any future strike attempts like the one in South Quadrant in a similarly conclusive fashion...

08/08/16:

...Dr. Payne’s continual second-guessing and contradiction of my orders... now gone from problematical to critical. Col. Mad. agrees that Payne’s dissatisfaction presents significant threat to security of Tranquility and has undertaken appropriate measures.

Automation rendered nearly complete thanks to my Operation Advance. Inconvenience and disruption of our neutralisation of most of the servs seemed almost insurmountable to many chiefs of staff, but as I assured them from beginning, we can and will continue our assimilation of Tranquility on Schedule...

No reason why the close of the decade should not see our complete control of Tranquility through robotic maintenance, which will be the mere spring-board for our Stewardship of this solar system...

29/02/17:

Col. Mad’s pacification of separatist Southern quadrant has eliminated final impediment to unification of Tranquility. Android proliferation has more than accommodated for absence of servs, and resulted in increased productivity as well.

Old-World now bargains with us as equals...

This is how things should be, as any who see the Nebula know.

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