They were perfect beings. Graceful as swans but could kill with the accuracy and speed of an Inland Taipan snake from the old world. They had so far, only one weakness. While they felt no pain, they felt emotion. The Department of Scientific Human Betterment had refined this “defectâ€? to affect the Silver Assassins in one of two ways. The first and most effective way was to send an assassin out for their job and programme them to self-destruct upon finishing. The other was to channel all their emotion to release in an eruption every few days. The later was only preferred with the Silver Assassins who showed little emotion and worked most efficiently. Jesse listened in horror as a runner relayed the news. He immediately sent larger war-pods to attempt a rescue of any surviving workers. They managed to stop one barge and turn it around safely back to Mars. The 1500 workers were more than grateful and returned home after the government reluctantly payed them. Jesse’s one big mistake.