[Venturer Twelve 03] • Neutral Stars

United Earth Government couldn't get the vast appropriations needed to commandeer an entire planet - necessary to experiment with the titanic forces that would be unleashed while doing research on a warp-drive.

And meanwhile, Venturer Twelve and her sister ships continued to protect Earth Sector as best they could, knowing the aliens must already have the drive.

But their worst enemy was right there on Earth.