What work do human beings do when, after failing to find their way back to Earth, they colonize an uninhabited terrestroid planet?
Thorkild Erling regularly travels to the fifth planet in the system to exchange human-made machines for ores and allots.
Thorkild Gustav farms and domesticates local species.
Ortega Manuel superintends a vehicle factory.
Petroff Ivan has a semirobot fishing boats project.
Public posts, captain, communications officer, portmaster etc, are part-time voluntary occupations, the only compensation being first use of commonly owned machinery.
Life on Harbor is described to sound idyllic. However, the contrast between the contentment of mechanized peasanty and the excitement of interstellar exploration is so intense that, inevitably, some will opt to return to the latter. It is good to know that the contentment continues for those who prefer it. What will Harbor be like centuries later?
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
Inevitably, of course, as time passes and population grows on Harbor, public posts and offices, including courts and a police force, will increase and become more formalized in powers and functions, to better handle public needs.
Ad astra! Sean
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