Safely back on Shadow, Polaris relayed all the acquired information home to Flynt, Dorothy and the Federation officials along with a brief summary: "It turns out that Vellari also had robots that centuries ago also rebelled, but instead of negotiating a peaceful coexistence they managed to destroy them all. Finding themselves without slave labor the Vellari began enslaving other organic races they came across, and soon perfected a process that made their subjects more than willing to be slaves, apparently with the aid of some biochemical drug. As for artificial life, their hatred towards it is extreme with no options other than extermination." Before heading home Polaris set course for some of the worlds mentioned in the Vellari database. The first of these was not a pretty sight. All that remained was a fallen civilization overrun by wild animals and vegetation. ------------------ (AI input, PSP and manual postwork)