For 300 years the refugees from Earth have traveled through the galaxy in the Starship Evergreen and are now approaching the planet in the Scorpio 16 system which is to be their new home. Fifeteen generations had been born, lived and died in the two mile long by half mile wide starship. As a individulals, families and a society, they had adapted, modified and evolved to conform to the demands of llfe in a small silver tube traveling through the inhospitible and dangerous environment of deep space. Their culture reflected the necessities of their situation; total recycling of all material was...