Star Trek - Star Trek Log 04 - Alan Dean Foster - 1975 by Unbekannt

Author:Unbekannt
Language: deu
Format: epub
Published: 2010-12-27T19:08:39.519000+00:00

170 STAR TREK LOG POW The Su tilde lieutenant looked uncertain, aware that Kirk was trying to tell him something and thoroughly unsure how to interpret it. A hand wiped wavy brown hair from his forehead. "Glad to hear that, sir," he mumbled in response. "You're familiar with the operations of the Relief Service?" This one was even younger than he looked, Kirk mused. Had he ever been that young? "I have some familiarity with the functions of Starfleet peripheral organizations," he deadpanned. "What can we do for you?" Missing the sarcasm completely, the Sub-lieutenant turned crisply businesslike. "Do you know the location of Sherman's Planet?" Kirk glanced over a shoulder. "Mr. Spock, could you ... ah, never mind. I remember." He looked back to the screen. "A newly settled world on the periphery of the Federation. Population is mixed human andEdoan." Arex nodded in confirmation. There were few comworlds where the Edoans felt comfortable outside of their home system. Sherman's planet was one of them. "I have a cousin in that colony, Captain." That lent whatever difficulty Massey was about to delineate a touch of immediacy, as far as Kirk was concerned. "I.recall that Sherman's Planet is a fairly successful venture. Not a paradise world, maybe, but certainly a tame one." "Quite true, Captain." The youngster was nodding vigorously. "It gave every promise of being a rich agricultural world, capable of exporting a wide variety of staples to the rest of the Federation. Records indicate that the initial seedings of the colonists would produce a first crop beyond anyone's expectations." His expression became more doleful. "Unfortunately, it seems that the first survey team overlooked something. Occasionally, new worlds have surprises locked inside them that are not revealed at once. Sherman's Planet looks to be one of them. STAR TREK LOG POUR 171 "We're still not sure what the basic cause of the trouble is. A shifting deficiency in the soil, maybe the presence of a cyclic virus in the atmosphere. Whatever it is, it's deadly where mature grains are involved. As I say, we don't know yet. But the initial crop seems to be a complete failure. "The soil chemists mink they can solve the problem, develop a defense against it. But that will take a minimum of six standard months. The farmers on Sherman don't have six months. It's not a question of export now it's a question of survival. "What they do have is a double growing season, thanks to the planet's lushness and long summer. We've turned up a hybrid seed grain on the plains world of Kansastan. According to tests, it ought to be impervious to what's been hitting the Shermanites' crops. "Two large cargo drones loaded with the hybrid seed are in parking orbit around KS. You are to proceed there, pick up the drones, and escort them to Sherman's Planet. At standard cruising speed you should get them there in plenty of time for the colonists to get the seed into the ground. "If they don't get the seed, they'll face the coming winter without any crop at all.

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