The Robert Silverberg Science Fiction Megapack®
“Federation emissary Holis Bork was a confident man—and, if he felt a twinge of curious uneasiness at his first glimpse of Mellidan VII, it was not because he doubted his own capabilities, or the value of the Federation’s name as a civilizing force.
He told himself that it was something subtler and deeper that twinged him, as the warpship spiraled down about the unfederated planet.
Emissary Bork worried about that subliminal reaction through most of the landing period. He sat broodingly with his eyes fixed; the members of his staff gave him a wide berth. It was, he saw, the deference due to a Federation Emissary so obviously deep in creative thinking. The others were clustered at the far end of the observation deck, staring down at the fog-shrouded yellow-green ball that was soon to be the newest addition to the far-flung Federation. Bork listened to them.
Vyn Kumagon was saying, “Look at that place! The atmosphere blankets it like so much soup.”
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