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"Nobody colonizes Ore unless they're screened-out loyals."

"KnotholersтАФany illegal I-Screens detected?"

Wigner shook his head. "Probably just poor administration. OrтАФ"

"Domestic politics."

"Yup. After all, unTrainables administering TrainablesтАж" Wigner looked sour.
Pierce nodded; it was an old irritation. Colonies were governed by and for
unTrainables. The WDS was too vulnerable, and too dangerous, to be placed on
Earth. Problems were inevitable.

Wigner picked up a microfiche in a pink Top Secret envelope and handed it to
Pierce. "Take a look; tell me what you think."

Pierce inserted the 3x10 cm microfiche in his flickreader and switched it on. The
fifty-five-page memorandum took him less than thirty seconds to read and
assimilate. He gave it back to Wigner, who dropped the microfiche in his
desktop shredder.

"Well, well," said Pierce.

"Mm. Go take some Briefing and Conditioning and head downtime to Ore in the
morning."

"Now look, Eric. I deserve a rest after six weeks among the rednecks. Is the
situation that urgent?"

"It is."

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"Why?"

"Now, come on, Jerry." Wigner spoke in the soft murmur his subordinates knew
well. His words had a certain rote quality; he had repeated this often.
"Doomsday is still on schedule, just seventy-four years away. We still don't
know what will-cause it. If it turns out to be an alien attack, Earth must be able
to defend itself."

"I don't need the whole sermon."

"Of course not." They both knew that Pierce's conditioning had been reinforced