The colony is filled with fears of the United Federation of Planets, anarchism and the Mafia, imported “direct from the slums of Earth.” The backing figure is Vice President Nicole Branson, r. ONN is the leading Colony news provider, and was forever fretting about the effects of polluting the native racial strain---especially since most of the pilgrims, once they won the vote, tended to vote for Human!!
The Pilgrim
“Is he an acquisition or a detriment?” So asks this reporter, in which the man just off the ship is a mute witness to the debate swirling around him:
- “The Pilgrim is a menace;”
- “The Pilgrim brings me cheap labor;”
- “The Pilgrim cheapens my labor;”
- “The Pilgrim brings disease;”
- “The Pilgrim steals votes from me;”
- No one seems more puzzled by the cacophony than the immigrant himself.
Decline of the Colony
The never-ending debate on “Phoenix-izing” (or “assimilation”) versus “clannishness,” which spilled over into the political campaigns of the colony.
The debates will be on-going...
Posted by:
Christine T'Nley
Omega News Network
Phoenix Colony
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