hate the city. Twenty-five million people and I'm livin' in
The Pits. The pits of despair, the pits of poverty, the pits of the
worst of the worst. It can't get any worse.
Al-Zed is the biggest city on the most populated planet in the
Alliance. It houses the headquarters of the Alliance, the most advanced
medical center, and the collected works of civilization. If you want
somethin', you can find it here. If you don't want somethin' --
you'll still find it.
Years ago, cities used to have slums. Ghettos, they called them. They
used to be out in the open -- eye sores of trash-filled lots, half-burned
buildings, and boarded-up windows and doors. Al-zed was like that . . .
for a while. Until they decided to make it the show case of the Alliance.
But do you think they'd make it a decent place to live? Not as long
as Ragnoruk remains the prison planet and death world to us Dracs. Make a
mistake, get caught, and bang! Off they send you to an early grave. Not
that we can't survive in a double-gravity environment -- we can. It's
just that we can't live very long in that situation. But then, you know
all that -- DON'T YOU?
