 How is their world different from ours?
Of course using live bait is the best way to lure dangerous alien animals ... unless it turns out that you are the bait! Extrone asked, "Is there a pass?" Right up ahead of us. "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. "At least, then, I wouldn't be one of his guides. "What hurts most, he pays us for it. 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. "You'll destroy this one, too," Extrone said. Extrone said, "To begin with, they probably don't even know I'm here. "That's why we'd like you to return to an inner planet, sir." Extrone plucked at his right ear lobe, half closing his eyes. Extrone said, turning, startled. The floor, heavy, portable tile blocks, not the hollow kind, were neatly and smoothly inset into the ground.
 the government is run the same
 there is distrust among the citizens  the government is run the same  they both have powerful armies  powerful people control what happens next