Politics of another star system usually didn’t hold much interest for her, until now. Hutchins and Selden, two city-states on Juneau fighting over water and land resources, were very close to coming to blows. And the Reyeses were weighing things heavily in favor of one. Drop enough of the deadly fungus-bacteria on one side, poisoning the population’s food source as well as infecting their lungs, and it would be child’s play to take over. Hell, for all she knew, they were selling the yttrium-laden fungus to both sides. There were, of course, strict interplanetary restrictions regarding the sale of anything deemed a weapon. Bioweapons had been banned as a war crime of the worst offense for the last two centuries. Agricultural soil supplements, however, were welcomed with open arms. Natalia just had to get the chemical analysis from Williams to the CMA. As soon as that was ready, she’d pounce. Her comm beeped the four-tone signal, indicating someone was at the front door, ringing her flat.
