Miles gave a loud sigh, Perusing the holo-files he was given as a general report of the colony's progress. It was slow going. They only had three traders of any decent repute. Lovien, Woods, and smith were their named. They were most likely here to buy the meager scraps of ore from the mines on Essex V... Not enough to run a colony with any profit... The only possible revenue was from Parker and her plant... His job (and most likely, his life) rode on this woman... He hoped that she would carry through...another check in wouldn't be bad. So he got out of his chair, and walked over to her lab.