 Why are they hunting the farn beast?
Of course using live bait is the best way to lure dangerous alien animals ... unless it turns out that you are the bait! Right up ahead of us. "It's a farn beast, all right!" "We'll pitch camp right here, then," Extrone said. He crossed to Mia, who, along with him, had been pressed into Extrone's party as guides. Once more, Ri addressed the bearers, "Be quick, now!" "It's a good thing that farn beast sounded off when it did. "I wish to God I'd never heard of a farn beast," Ri said. "What hurts most, he pays us for it. "You two scout ahead," Extrone said. "Yes, sir," Ri said, and instantly the two of them readjusted their shoulder straps and started off. The grass was beginning to grow again, but the tree stumps were roasted from the rocket breath. And I don't think there's another cargo rocket on this planet outside of the one we leased from the Club. "Everybody and his brother had heard the rumor that farn beasts were somewhere around here. "After Extrone said he'd hunt farn beasts, even if it meant going to the alien system? I didn't tell Extrone, if that's what you're thinking," Mia said. Too many people already know about the farn beasts. I didn't think farn beasts had this wide a range. When it came over the hastily established camp, the rocket was low, obviously looking for a landing site. It was a military craft, from the outpost on the near moon, and forward, near the nose, there was the blazoned emblem of the Ninth Fleet. The rocket roared directly over Extrone's tent, turned slowly, spouting fuel expensively, and settled into the scrub forest, turning the vegetation beneath it sere by its blasts. Extrone sat on an upholstered stool before his tent and spat disgustedly and combed his beard with his blunt fingers. Shortly, from the direction of the rocket, a group of four high-ranking officers came out of the forest, heading toward him. "You'll destroy this one, too," Extrone said. Extrone said, "To begin with, they probably don't even know I'm here. Extrone plucked at his right ear lobe, half closing his eyes. "You'll lose a fleet before you'll dare let anything happen to me, gentlemen. "Get off," Extrone said quietly to the four officers.
 This is a vacation hunting trip for Extrone.
 This is a vacation hunting trip for Extrone.  They are hunting the farn beasts because farn beasts are dangerous.  Farn beasts are dangerous creatures that must be eliminated.  Farn beasts are delicious.