Sally said:
The biggest problem *is* the fact that they appear to leave her there
alone But none of the rest - not even Jenna or
Cally, nor the anything-but-piggish Gan, nor Fearless Leader (of the infamous Bleeding Heart, remember?) - appear to have had any problems with Meegat being left.
I know they don't have a Prime Directive, but it doesn't seem necessary to remove all denizens of unwholesome planets from planets they show no disposition to leave. Anyway, the radiation situation would have been the same if the Liberator crew had never arrived.
Alternately <g> she *was* on the Liberator being ferried to safety, but Avon's put her in one of the spare cabins during the flight and is keeping her and her penchant for throwing herself at his feet away from Blake's
eyes
(somehow, I don't think Avon could *stand* to have Blake see it ...).
BLAKE: I know. I don't like the responsibility either. AVON: Pity, that. Oh, hullo, Meegat. This is Overlord Blake I was telling you about. Try not to drool--he's wearing suede shoes. By the way, I've put Meegat and 78 of her compatriots on B Deck. I'm sure you'll enjoy having a large, worshipful crew at last, but we're almost out of tea bags. Well, I think I'll just go work out some trajectories or something-- what we really need around here is a supercomputer.
-(Y)