Duke Leto Atreides I was standing with his Master of Assassins Thufir Hawat, his Warmaster Gurney Halleck, and his Swordmaster Duncan Idaho in one of the meeting rooms within the Atreides' palace on Caladan. The young Duke turned to Thufir while holding a report in his hand. "Is this true Thufir?" Leto asked the Mentat. "Did a village and a new forest just suddenly appear out of no where on a previously deserted island?"
The Mentat frowned as his computer-like mind ran through multiple scenarios. "My Duke, it is true that our Ornithopter patrols did discover a new settlement along with both cultivated fields and an old growth forest on an island that was previously uninhabited. However, these people have to have come from somewhere. People and buildings simply cannot appear out of no where."
Gurney rolled his eyes and then the musical warrior quipped, "And just where would you suggest these people came from? The only things that can appear out of thin air are Guild Highliners."
Duncan raised an eyebrow at what the Atreides' Warmaster said. "Perhaps," the young swordmaster started, "Gurney is onto something. Could these people have anything to do with the Spacing Guild?"
Three sets of eyes quickly turned to the mentat of the group. Thufir quickly shook his head, "Such a possibility is extremely remote to impossible. While it is true that only the Spacing Guild has such capabilities, there is no sign in the aerial photographs taken by our 'Thophers to indicate any connection between these unknowns and the Guild. Besides, there is no logical reason for the Guild to just send a village to Caladan in such a manner even if it were theoretically within their power to do so."
The duke carefully listened to what his ad visors were telling him and then he made his decision. "Gurney, I want you to go to this village with a squad for escort and see if you can sort things out with the natives. A preferable outcome is for them to recognize me as their duke. If they peacefully deny my rule I want you to leave them in peace. A blockade should get these unknown people to realized whose in charge around here. If they attack you are to pull out and have our Ornithopters napalm the island to ash. Hopefully it won't come to that, but if need be we can write the island off as a training exercise."
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