abstract
| - House Maros paid the Guildsmen for a planetary find. Under the Right of Domain rulings in the Great Convention they gained dominion over Poritrin. However it was one of the cases where the House could not populate the planet, so Maros decided to relinquish all claim and offer it, as an Imperial Colony to net them a handsome finder's fee. Having accepted Poritrin from Maros, Emperor Elrood V wanted to populate it, and turned a covetous eye on the population of Terra; he demanded a levy of two million people from Siridar Baron Charles Mikarrol. The Baron was thrown into a quandary because Terrans, so accustomed to their exemption from Imperial draft, were certain to rebel at the news. One of his advisers (perhaps Ari Manoud, his right-hand man and an outspoken Maometh Saari) — reminded him of the existence of the Zensunni nomads. The troops begun a planet-wide search and seizure and had uncovered more than 2.5 million Zensunni, herded aboard Imperial transports over their most outraged protests, and whisked off to Poritrin.
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