MILAGRO E21178A-7 Rob Dean (robdean@access.digex.net) Originally a Forine penal colony, settled around 750. Contact ceased some 40 years later, when the lanthanum mines were exhausted. The present colony consists of descendants of the original prisoners, in a number of underground cities. The planet is fairly self suffi- cient, although 97% of the food supply consists of cultured yeast products. As a result, natural food is in high demand, and there are no import duties on it. The government assesses a 1% transaction tax on all other activities by offworld merchants. |