"I wouldn't worry about that," Sid said looking over at Derek. He added, "They won't make us slaves, they'll kill us. It will probably be a horrible a...d painful death."When Derek turned pale, Fred chuckled and said, "Sid, sometimes you are so reassuring."Sid chuckled and said, "Wait and watch. We're the distraction."The head of the column came around the corner and held up his hand to get the troops behind to stop. He stared at Sid trying to make sense of the handful of men blocking the road.. His other option was to go for the dole, that meant he had to apply for jobs which he had no chance of winning because of his lack of transport. He had been saving as much as he could to buy a car but that seemed a long way off to him. All in all he was frustrated beyond belief.We arranged to meet the following morning and take the tinnie and explore the lakes; something I had been wanting to do since we had moved to Loch Sport. Lennie was just about beside himself with enthusiasm. "Gee that'd. ." There's a third way that a concubine can become unassigned, though." Really?" Really. It's what we're going to do now, as an example for your viewing audience. We have certain colonies where the number of kids turning 14 is large, and so is the percentage of those kids getting CAP scores above six point four. You know that anyone with at least a 6.5 is a sponsor, and gets at least two concubines?"Sandy nodded. "And if it's seven point something it's four, and eight point something it's six,. "Yeah," I said. "I thought you were just a protester." People tend to listen to your arguments more when you've got a Phase pistol in your hand," she giggled."Ship it back and we'll look at it at home space port," I said. "Now Candy what have you found?" Well I think it's a shield generator," she said, her head again inside the bulkhead."Ok take it back and we'll study it later," I said. "What about life support?" No I don't think so," she giggled. "They seemed to have breathed a mixture of.