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Inuit tribes from Terrearth living on Titan - Prompt #13 an ethnicity surviving in an inhospitable region

Prompt #13 an ethnicity surviving in an inhospitable region – Inuit tribes from Terrearth
Early afternoon, Spires City, Titan Colony, Atlas system, (after the Harvest of Terrearth) 
Stepping out into the frigid air of the furthest habitable planet in the Atlas system. Daisy admired the beauty of the Martian sized planet through the specialized glass that stayed clear despite the temperature outside. Their hooded coats and Yuri’s huntsman’s cloak hid who they were as they followed Desmond and Davin to the Security Center, where Desmond made the introductions. “This is Dr. Inhuaka Barrow. Doctor, this is Prince Karstien, Lord Shadz, Lord Yurieth, and...” “Dr. Daisy Cane.” The Innuit held out her hand. “Thank you for saving my people and the animals of the Berring and Arctic seas. Our traditions were preserved.” “How are the biome building projects going?” Daisy smiled as she shook hands with the scientist she had never met in person. Titan had been a nearly blank slate, it’s oddly looping orbit indicated it had once orbited a planet that was no longer there. “They are going well. The terrain is so much like the coast of Alaska and Canada from the Aleutian Islands to Novia Scotia. It’s like this world was designed for my people. Our elders have made and Dr. Jeong honorary tribal members.” “How do you know them?” Yuri asked. “Dr Cane recommended to Dr. Jeong and Dr. Ferrell that our people and sacred animals would thrive best here. The Caribou, wolves and wolverines, grizzly and polar bears, seals and sealions, orca, whales, fish and even the crustaceans are thriving. Over twelve thousand species that would have been lost with Terrearth, were saved by Epoch Research Industries.” Dr. Barrow revealed. “The Inuit elders listened to the warnings, they saved your people and your biome, not us, we just found the real estate.” Daisy smiled then her appreciation faded. “But we may have another problem, I think Damien Neimad put something on your world. Something very large and very bad. We were hoping to borrow two of your satellites. Turn them to get a peek over the horizon.” “As long as it doesn’t violate our neutrality, I will give you whatever I can. We reached out to Desmond and he brought in few experts, that’s our story. The Gaia government can’t complain about that.” She smirked then added, “Lord Neimad has his own world to play on, he and his evil are not welcome on ours... but in exchange, I need a favor from the magical Oracle.” Daisy looked at her with a raised eyebrow, Inhuaka revealed in an angry tone, “Someone is trying to get my people addicted to Orb they way many were once addicted to alcohol, meth, and cannabis. We have cases of Orb to be destroyed and nothing we have tried works. I heard from Desmond that you can destroy them.” “I can and will.” Daisy volunteered. “Then let’s turn those satellites.” She led them into the Meteorology and D.E.D. control room. It only took a few minutes to turn two satellites and then they had to wait half an hour. The first coming over the horizon detected the Dark Energy only twenty kilometers from the settlement of Northmost. Daisy scowled typing rapidly. “Something’s wrong. It shouldn’t be there. According to its pattern, it should be here.” She tapped the map. “Or here.” They watched it moving closer to Northmost. The second satellite came online, and they adjusted the optics available. Now they could see the megalithic monstrosity moving toward the island-based mining settlement and crabbing village. “It’s heading straight for the town... Desmond, how long until we can get there?” Inhuaka answered first, “At least half an hour by air, almost four by dogsled.” “I’m getting you air transport now, Daisy. How much time do we have until it reaches Northmost?” “It’s forward motion is ten kilometers an hour,” Daisy was typing rapidly. “Wait... Omigawd, it’s laying down... The first satellite is almost in range for it’s normal sweep... It knows our sweep pattern.” Daisy’s mind raced. “Where did Vole go last night?” “Northmost. He took their D.E.D. scanner back to Jura with him to work on it,” Davin revealed, “They weren’t designed for arctic temperatures. We thought it was a malfunction until we got the image this morning.” “They will have no warning... Damien set up the pings near the settlements so we would pull the warning system from one because the satellites showed nothing.” Daisy hissed. “Clever monkey,” Davin growled. “Not clever enough,” Yuri announced, “Those tracking the seals, saw it on a camera.” “Let’s go,” Shadz insisted, “It will easier to destroy if it is lying down. It is at least sixty stones high.” “Gulliver and the Lilliputians,” Kars muttered. Inhuaka stared at the Prince, “I didn’t realize you read human literature, Prince Karstien.” “I grew up on Terrearth and lived there until a decade before it was destroyed. My father was an avid reader, a love he shared with me,” Kars revealed. “Is there anyway to warn your people?” “We can’t,” Daisy said. “If whomever is running that thing knows our satellite sweeps, an electronic message could trigger the attack before we could get there.” “Only if they are an expert in Inuit history and culture. Like the Navajo code talkers, we send them a warning only one of their people would recognize. Inhuaka, warn your people,” Kars nodded to her as he said it, then silver eyes like polished coins held Daisy’s lavender ones. “Let’s go kill this thing.”

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