Life on the Moon's surface and in the mines was harsh. In contrast to all this, the Twin Space Station Free Zone was a virtual paradise. Because of the planned lack of Government regulation there, not only was there plenty of free enterprise money to fund the Earth Moon Colony operations and the Twin Space Stations, but there was plenty of money for the vices mankind had come to depend on since his inception. Besides the hordes of free miners and the early release prisoner workers, there was a sleuth of military troops and government officials. The number of "hollies" or people on holiday at the Free Zone outnumbered all of the others. Free enterprise had already succeeded, even before the Earth Moon Colony One was completed, to build an entirely new world on the combination of Space Stations. What was the cost? While the funds from the Free Zone funded everything, the Twin Space Stations appeared to operate at cross purposes. Each worked, insidiously to undermine the other. Gambling was non-stop. The drug dens operated freely. The mixed martial arts games were deadly and the sex trade was in full force, and taken to an all new level. Except for the "squares" on the command space station operated by Naija, Paul Starks, Dr. Snipes and their crew, it was said that on Earth Moon Colony One, everyone was always a little high and everyone was a little horny. The appetites of anyone could be fed there, readily, so there was no overwhelming desire to leave, in fact, it was just the opposite. ----------------------- Jane Six continued to listen, looking at Harold Starks respectfully. "I admit, some really rough decisions had to be made, if we were ever going to be successful, with the entire mission, I mean. You've heard about the food riots, back on Earth? Well, there was a sense of urgency about our mission. We had to be successful. That's when the United Earth Government formed. It was the forum by which the twin problems of global warming and world-wise starvation were to be addressed. Hey Jane, did you ever see old movies of the cowboy days, in American History?" "Well, only once or twice, Governor, I mean Harold." "There was a kind of frenzy here, not seen since the gold rush days, in the late frontier days of the American west. Every group, every rat pack, every crook that could get here, did, and there was a tremendous amount of rivalry and theft. Anyway, your group, the Dream Caster Institute, was very useful in helping the United Earth Government restore law and order on the Moon. The guys from Tri-Star Corporation, they were politically astute. They shook off the competition and made it so that the United Government had to come to them, if the mission was to be successful. Back in the days, there was even talk that Tri-Star fed the chaos, so that they could come in, the white knights in shining armor, to save the day.