Perakis

Processed food is all well and good, but you can’t beat farm fresh, and a population as large as Terameya demands vast agricultural facilities. Perakis was one enterprising man’s solution to the lack of anything that could vaguely be considered “fresh food” on the planet.

Some 5 Galactic Standard years after the founding of Jeria and before the SoS founded a Council of Administration, Leriah Perakis invested in a hovertorch, several kilotons of fuel, and a pilot license. He flew his craft out to a cluster of large, deserted, overrun islands which had yet to be populated, and began dropping flaming fuel onto the forest below. When the smoke finally cleared, Perakis had successfully killed 57 unique species living on the island, 792 non-unique species, made a plume of smoke that could be seen from space, and successfully cleared 250,000 square miles of farmland. Approaching the local administration of UIM again, Perakis showed what he had done and pitched his plan.

Already, he was shipping in material needed for an industrial farm, complete with nanite pesticides, starter seeds, and growth cells. He was founding what was effectively a new city, including housing for farmers and technicians that would be working the farms. All he needed was a Barrier system, to prevent amphibious reclamation of the islands. If UIM could provide it, he could almost certainly cut them a deal on fresh meat and produce…. Perakis is now one of the lead developers of cutting edge farming technology, made possible by incredibly strict anti-monopoly laws within the city, encouraging local companies to compete for Parakis contracts.