“This can"t be the world Surtr meant,” said Ondo. “There"s nothing here.”
“There"s life,” said Hessia. “There are civilisations, a couple of million people. Ansider might be too primitive for you to be interested, but I have nanosensors in the system.”
Numbers and charts overlaid the display as Hessia filled them in on what she knew of the planet. Selene studied the data for a few moments. The population was small but stable, scattered around randomly rather than clumped into the cities and conurbations seen on more advanced worlds. It was an agrarian planet, with no electricity, no technology much beyond crude metalworking.
“Why are you watching it?” Ondo asked. “Concordance have no presence. The world is a thousand years from even thinking about the technology required to leave the
