"BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY KNOW. MY PARENTS WERE KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT A WEEK AFTER I WAS BORN. I WAS LUCKY TO EVEN GET A NAME. AFTER THAT I WAS PASSED TO ANOTHER FAMILY. THEY DIDN'T LAST MUCH LONGER. THEY WERE KILLED NINE YEARS LATER."
"BY WHO?"
"I DON'T KNOW THAT EITHER. I DON'T EVEN KNOW EXACTLY WHEN THEY WERE KILLED. A FEW MONTHS COULD OF PASSED BY THE TIME I FOUND OUT."
"TWO MONTHS?"
"THEY TRAVELED FREQUENTLY AND THEY WERE USUALLY GONE FOR TWO OR THREE MONTHS AT A TIME."
"DOING WHAT?"
"I DON'T KNOW. ALL I KNEW WAS THAT THEY OWED SOMEONE MONEY."
"AND IN NINE YEARS THEY NEVER EVEN TOLD YOU WHEN YOU WERE BORN?"
"WELL THEY DIDN'T KNOW EITHER. THEY DIDN'T KNOW I EVEN EXISTED UNTIL I ENDED UP IN THE CARGO. THEY WERE VERY RELUCTANT TO TELL ME WHERE EXACTLY THEY WERE WHEN THEY FOUND ME."
"WELL WE'LL HAVE TO CHECK OUR RECORDS TO SEE IF YOUR STORY CHECKS OUT."
AFTER A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION THERE WERE 1837 TRADER DEATHS AND 261 SMUGGLER DEATHS TWELVE YEARS AGO AND 1737 TRADER DEATHS AND 317 SMUGGLER DEATHS THIRTEEN YEARS AGO. THERE COULD OF BEEN HUNDREDS OF UNREPORTED DEATHS AS WELL. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO ROOT OUT WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN HIS GUARDIANS. IT WOULD BE POINTLESS TO EVEN ATTEMPT TO ID HIS PARENTS. HUNDREDS OF CHILDBIRTHS OCCUR IN THE BACK OF FREIGHTERS EVER YEAR. I DOUBT EVEN HALF OF THEM END UP IN OUR RECORDS.
THE SITUATION WITH APPLICANT: DRACO KOPEK LIBERIUS HAS BEEN REVIEWED ENOUGH. BE SURE TO CHANGE HIS AGE TO 21 AND HE WILL BE ACCEPTED BUT CAREFULLY MONITORED. AS A CODE [6] HE WILL HAVE TO PRESENT A JOURNAL EVERY MONTH TO BE REVIEWED BY OUR SYSTEMS FOR TWO YEARS. ONLY THEN WILL HE BE A CITIZEN.
CONGRATULATIONS DRACO KOPEK LIBERIUS. WE HAVE FINISHED REVIEWING YOUR APPLICATION AND REQUIRE YOU TO STOP BY THE OFFICE ONCE AGAIN TO PICK-UP YOUR CREDENTIALS. YOU WILL, HOWEVER, HAVE TO PRESENT A JOURNAL EVERY MONTH CONTAINING YOUR WEEKLY ACTIVITIES FOR TWO YEARS. FAILURE TO DO SO AND YOU WILL BE EVICTED FROM THE SYSTEM.
