Metafire

"You've been busy."

"Nothing better to do, driving all over New Mexico!"

"Well, thanks. If you get any more information let me know. I'll reference you as one of my key sources." She was referring to the process she, and any reporter, has to go through to get a breaking article published.

"Thanks. Let'm know I'm down here." Randall liked the idea of being known by the editors in Washington.

The next morning Wendy returned to her article. After a morning of more phone calls, she wrote her final copy, "Sante Fe, New Mexico: The Federal Bureau of Investigation has placed Metafire Systems, Inc. under house arrest. Metafire Systems, Inc., is a successful software company that sells its Internet copying software to many large organizations. The house arrest is surrounded by a number of odd circumstances.

"Just recently, Metafire paid for four capsules to be launched and sent to New Boston. In contrast with recent NSP policy against the establishment of new colonies, it was allowed to establish a new colony with less than a dozen people.