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"What of our children--the second and third generations born
on this new world? They will have no memories of Terra's
green hills and blue seas. Will they be Terrans--or
something else?"

--TAS KORDOV, _Record of the First Years_

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1

SHOOTING STAR


The travelers had sighted the cove from the sea--a narrow bite into
the land, the first break in the cliff wall which protected the
interior of this continent from the pounding of the ocean. And,