The Pleasure Worm
After 9 years working on the Mars terraforming project Sabine and Anton had finally completed their contract. They both looked forward to claiming their own’ little piece’ of Mars they could call home, saying that their ‘little piece’ was 15000 acres which was an in group joke. 3 other specialist couples had worked on the project and all had chosen an area away from the main settlement complex, each had worked on many terraforming projects but finally decided to settle down away from the overcrowded earth. Sabine and Anton had chosen Lunae Planum a large plateau covered in grasslands and woodland, only 1 other couple had settled there but they were over 2 hours way by supersonic speeder. Though all the settlers were allowed to do what they wished with their stakes they were still …