WCGW Chpt 176

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==Chapter 176 - What Could Go Wrong==
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Thazi (Former Outworlds System)
22nd October, 3044
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Tobius Johnson, Marine Biologist, looked at the large crab they had caught in a simple trap. It weighed a whopping 55lbs and had a leg length of 9 feet. It was the largest crab he had ever seen, not that he had seen many, but he had seen some. He was not sure of the exact species but knew the Star League had seeded the ocean with Alaskan King Crab from Terra. He had done his research and noted the largest would reach 20lbs of so, but the average was about 8lbs each. He had seen the same thing in the Albacore Tuna they had caught, the usual average was about 80lbs, and the three they had caught off a simple boat had weighed in at just under 200lbs. Coastal rivers had been found to contain large Salmon that weighing from 15lb to 40lb.
He had spent a week in a heavily swampy area of the continent and discovered a species of shellfish that was quite abundant to the area. He had caught quite a few and even cooked several to try them out. They were fantastic tasting, and he did not get sick either. Best thing was it put an end to the vegan nature of living on Thazi for the non-locals. Some engineers were already designing and building nets and traps to catch them in quantity. But he was also afraid that they could rapidly deplete this resource and was already mentally composing a way to farm raise them in quantity almost on demand. He just needed to figure that part out but would take some trial and error. But it was a challenge he was looking forward to, he knew others had requested several herd types of herd animals but also knew it would take time to get them out here and old enough to harvest. He wanted to beat the others to a sustainable meat entry.
Nadia Patravich was composing a list of seeds to try and get delivered out here for planting. She was sure this planet could rival any other planet known in its output of edible food. She looked at her list that she would be forwarding to General Mitchell on his return. There were many more, but she figured this would be a good start.
Farm Seed Needs
CornSorghumSoybeansCoffeeRicePotatoesStrawberriesBlueberriesBlackberriesBlack PeppersBell PeppersPeaches seedling treesCashew seedling treesOnionsTomatosAlmond seedling treesRaspberriesOkraSweet PotatoesCarrotBanana seedling trees
She figured she would have no trouble getting the items because she knew Derek Paulson, General Mitchell's Business advisor, was hot to trot over getting any and all business up and running as soon as possible. Some of her plans would take several years possibly to be commercially viable, so the sooner it got started, the better everything would be.
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23rd October, 3044
Captain Nathan Davis along with his small staff had spent the entire previous night updating and comparing the Star League Era star maps against known inhabited systems. Sixty light years made for hundreds of known stars but most only stars with no planets at all, and those that had planets, none were habitable or even worthy of terraforming efforts by the Star League. But he had even erred on the side of caution and increased the window to 70LY. That gave them 15 systems including Wokha and Pilon, which they had already visited and knew what was there. So they still had 13 "targets" that needed a visit. One, Boulsi, was on the immediate front burner since Brigadier General Horbaugh and singled that one out already. Taking those known systems, his staff had combed the data bases for any and every shred of information on them which he compiled into his own list.
Survey Targets
Boulsi - High Priority - Last known contact date 2786 - Conventional Regimental Combat Team
Maripa - Priority - Last known contact date 2830 - Militia Regiment
Ddraig - Priority - Last known contact date 2786 - Conventional Regimental Combat Team
Puttalam - Priority - Last known contact date 2864 - 147th Mechanized Infantry Division 36% losses, known cache site 2x 
Waini Point - Priority - Last known contact date 2830 - Militia Regiment
La Ligua - Priority - Last known contact date 2786 - Rotating garrison, established garrison cache site
Loikaw - Priority - Last known contact date 2830 - Militia Regiment
Rover - Priority - Last known contact date 2765 - Uninhabited under study by DoME
Ejeda - Priority - Last known contact date 2786 - Militia Regiment
Sorsk - Priority - Last known contact date 2786 - Militia Regiment
Carmelita - Priority - Last known contact date 2786 - 258th Hussar Regiment 42% losses, known cache site
Blommestein - Priority - Last known contact date 2864 - 135th Mechanized Infantry Division destroyed, known cache site 3x
Zumbo - Priority - Last known contact date 2864 - Militia Regiment
Several targets had known SLDF garrisons on them and were already on their target lists. He was tempted to push the priority up on known targets but decided to leave them alone, above his pay grade. Before heading to get a few hours sleep, he verified that all information had been updated in the data base with all supporting information locations.
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