Contributor: Ron Moreau
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The atmospheric conditions of the planet were calm and the navigator had predicted a smooth landing. The ship was half-way through its descent towards the city of Thurn when the engines went out of control. The computer showed that a navigational sabotage beam had hit the vessel. None of the eight crew members could understand who had fired the beam. They'd been sure that the Threl rebel force was immobilized. The report from the robot stationed on the planet's surface had told them that was so:
'Peace in Thurn once again
I walk around the city walls
And hear a Xi fly laughing.'
Captain Benfrey scrutinized the printout and cursed the fact that the remaining surveillance robot that the company had stationed in Thurn was a refurbished humanities teaching device which kept reverting to haiku composition mode...
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Ron Moreau
