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Despite every soldier's aversion to additional work, the technicians who had been voluntold to go get the Hydroponics bays up and running were getting right to work. Not that they particularly wanted to do it, but the thought of fresh fruits and vegetables coming soon was enough for them to give their very best to the project.

The traders had only sent them seeds, and some small cuttings, so it would be some time before they would be able to harvest anything fresh, but that didn't matter. Once it was planted, someone would have to tend it and watch it grow every day, and that was one of the best duty rotations that the Technicians could apply for.

Not only was there very little heavy lifting, most days you were paid to literally watch the grass grow.