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Decontamination Squad [MultiFormat]
eBook by James P. Hogan
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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: The latest accomplishment of do-good intergalactic meddlers.
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: Catastrophe, Creation, and Convolution, 2005
Fictionwise Release Date: December 2005
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [158 KB], eReader (PDB) [19 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [5 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [6 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [69 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [75 KB], hiebook (KML) [71 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [31 KB], iSilo (PDB) [4 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [6 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [33 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [12 KB]
Words: 1133
Reading time: 3-4 min.
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It was the first visit of an environmental regulator to this part of the galaxy in over twenty thousand years.
Dispatched during the Third Cleanup Crusade to the outer spiral, the Inspector from the Emergent-Life Protection Agency reentered normal space in Sector 5, Group 12, Subcluster 3, in the vicinity of a nine-planet system orbiting a midrange yellow dwarf star listed in the register as G4-769-KW/4603H.
Scans across the ultraviolet, optical, microwave, and radio bands confirmed that the innermost planet, 4603/1, was still lifeless as reported by the previous emissary, but this had been expected. With regard to 4603/2 and 4603/4, it was regrettably conceded that the measures taken in the course of the previous visit to protect and encourage the incipient life detected on that occasion had failed. The second planet showed overcompensation reactions running out of control, resulting in conditions of excessive heat and atmospheric pressure, while the fourth, had reverted to cold desert before any life appeared. 4603/5 through 9 were also devoid of life, as were all planetary satellites.
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