" I did so with full knowledge of the consequences, brother of my mother. There is war stirring in the land, and neither you nor I have any love for t...e green robes who are doing the stirring. I would not see Kath ruled over by them. King Khamul, as poorly as his family has ruled us in the past, is far preferable. Certainly, I have no wish to have my soul sent to serve their filthy Kathool. I brought them here because it was the quickest way to get them where they must go. These men are. .” he answered, trying to look casual about it. “What time?”“Oh about ten thirty, I should think,” said Madame Vesta.“We’ll meet on the sundeck, under the awning.”“Fine,” said Quentin. He knew the spot well, having spent a happy hour there watching the slave-girls move about the decks. Or scrubbing them.“Alright with you, Mr Svenson?”“Yes... thank you Madame Vesta. I look forward to it.”“We can’t go on calling you Mr Svenson,” smiled Madame Vesta.“My name if Gunnar,” said Svenson.“Gunnar,” they. The cure rate depended on how you defined “cure”. Seventy-three percent of patients lived. Of that seventy-three percent, almost half didn’t need the drug after two years of therapy. They went into full recession. The others just had to keep taking the drug.Of course that meant that twenty-seven percent of patients did not react to the magic bullet ... and died. To the public, that meant it wasn’t effective. Oncologists knew better, of course, but Oncologists don’t fund ongoing research. The. "I can assure you, recruit, that I have not let anything 'slip'", the last word being said with an almost smile, before continuing "I assure you recruit Moore knows as little of the X Assessment Assignment as the rest of you, which I trust is absolutely nothing.", this time actually smiling, clearly amused by the general panic in O'Mally's eyes. Commander Moore stared at the unfortunate recruit a moment longer. He turned around to stand behind his briefing podium, a few feet away from the line.