The ambassador in brussels promised me that the ministry of agriculture would be able to provide us with two landrovers and a helicopter. The vidmap error alarm beeped in his ear, and the alley into which he was heading started to flash red. One afternoon spotters in the low-hanging trees banged on pans, sounding an alarm.
The first had once - and kincaid paused significantly - been occupied by hivers for the colony ship was in orbit and sufficient of the now identifiable hive buildings and agricultural workings were visible - though the world did not show the same concentration of effort that was visible on the xh-33.