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This
bloke
predicted
that
they
would
not
do
anything
.
He
claims
that
the
human
race
is
too
individualistic
,
too
self-centered
,
to
worry
that
much
about
future
generations
.
He
says
that
the
genetic
impoverishment
of
distant
generations
through
lack
of
radiation
is
something
most
people
are
simply
incapable
of
worrying
about
.
And
of
course
it
is
a
far-distant
threat
;
evolution
works
so
slowly
,
even
on
Terra
,
that
the
development
of
a
new
species
is
a
matter
of
many
,
many
thousands
of
years
.
I
do
n't
know
.
Shucks
,
I
do
n't
know
what
I
myself
will
do
more
than
half
the
time
;
how
can
I
predict
what
a
colony
of
strangers
will
do
?
But
I
'm
sure
of
this
:
Sanctuary
is
going
to
be
fully
settled
,
either
by
us
or
by
the
Bugs
.
Or
by
somebody
.
It
is
a
potential
utopia
,
and
,
with
desirable
real
estate
so
scarce
in
this
end
of
the
Galaxy
,
it
will
not
be
left
in
the
possession
of
primitive
life
forms
that
failed
to
make
the
grade
.
Already
it
is
a
delightful
place
,
better
in
many
ways
for
a
few
days
R
&
R
than
is
most
of
Terra
.
In
the
second
place
,
while
it
has
an
awful
lot
of
civilians
,
more
than
a
million
,
as
civilians
go
they
are
n't
bad
.
They
know
there
is
a
war
on
.
Fully
half
of
them
are
employed
either
at
the
Base
or
in
war
industry
;
the
rest
raise
food
and
sell
it
to
the
Fleet
.
You
might
say
they
have
a
vested
interest
in
war
,
but
,
whatever
their
reasons
,
they
respect
the
uniform
and
do
n't
resent
the
wearers
thereof
.
Quite
the
contrary
.
If
an
M.
I.
walks
into
a
shop
there
,
the
proprietor
calls
him
"
Sir
,
"
and
really
seems
to
mean
it
,
even
while
he
's
trying
to
sell
something
worthless
at
too
high
a
price
.
But
in
the
first
place
,
half
of
those
civilians
are
female
.
You
have
to
have
been
out
on
a
long
patrol
to
appreciate
this
properly
.
You
need
to
have
looked
forward
to
your
day
of
guard
duty
,
for
the
privilege
of
standing
two
hours
out
of
each
six
with
your
spine
against
bulkhead
thirty
and
your
ears
cocked
for
just
the
sound
of
a
female
voice
.
I
suppose
it
's
actually
easier
in
the
all-stag
ships
...
but
I
'll
take
the
Rodger
Young
.
It
's
good
to
know
that
the
ultimate
reason
you
are
fighting
actually
exists
and
that
they
are
not
just
a
figment
of
the
imagination
.
Besides
the
civilian
wonderful
50
per
cent
,
about
40
per
cent
of
the
Federal
Service
people
on
Sanctuary
are
female
.
Add
it
all
up
and
you
've
got
the
most
beautiful
scenery
in
the
explored
universe
.
Besides
these
unsurpassed
natural
advantages
,
a
great
deal
has
been
done
artificially
to
keep
R
&
R
from
being
wasted
.
Most
of
the
civilians
seem
to
hold
two
jobs
;
they
've
got
circles
under
their
eyes
from
staying
up
all
night
to
make
a
service
man
's
leave
pleasant
.
Churchill
Road
from
the
Base
to
the
city
is
lined
both
sides
with
enterprises
intended
to
separate
painlessly
a
man
from
money
he
really
has
n't
any
use
for
anyhow
,
to
the
pleasant
accompaniment
of
refreshment
,
entertainment
,
and
music
.
If
you
are
able
to
get
past
these
traps
,
through
having
already
been
bled
of
all
valuta
,
there
are
still
other
places
in
the
city
almost
as
satisfactory
(
I
mean
there
are
girls
there
,
too
)
which
are
provided
free
by
a
grateful
populace
--
much
like
the
social
center
in
Vancouver
,
these
are
,
but
even
more
welcome
.
Sanctuary
,
and
especially
Espiritu
Santo
,
the
city
,
struck
me
as
such
an
ideal
place
that
I
toyed
with
the
notion
of
asking
for
my
discharge
there
when
my
term
was
up
after
all
,
I
did
n't
really
care
whether
my
descendants
(
if
any
)
twenty-five
thousand
years
hence
had
long
green
tendrils
like
everybody
else
,
or
just
the
equipment
I
had
been
forced
to
get
by
with
.
That
professor
type
from
the
Research
Station
could
n't
frighten
me
with
that
no
radiation
scare
talk
;
it
seemed
to
me
(
from
what
I
could
see
around
me
)
that
the
human
race
had
reached
its
ultimate
peak
anyhow
.
