[Solved] [Episode III Part I] Investigating the Farms

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Curious happenings were occurring throughout the Outer Rim, and systems under the Pentastar Alignment began to notice. A dramatic increase of birth defects, disruption of hormone production, illnesses and tumours. Officials began investigating several factors. It had to be something big, something so widespread. Soldiers were dispatched to nearby planets to root out the issues.

Fleets, armies and garrisons, special operatives, citizens and administrators, they all require food. The usual bulk crops for consumption were dependant on nearby agricultural systems. If something was to affect the entire supply chain, it could perhaps be the crops. Dantooine was first to be investigated.

After visiting many locations, across vast farms and plantations, a picture began to emerge.

The conflict between several invasion forces and the Zann Consortium had left acres of farmland wasted, each side often resorting to scorched earth strategies, and most with blatant disregard for local infrastructure. With Dantooine on its knees, and no faction taking over the system to rebuild, the suspicious corporation named "MonCrops" struck a deal with the largest farmers on the planet.

Soon enough, the seeds MonCrops provided began to contaminate the land and eradicate the local produce. Corporate thugs resorted to bully smaller farm owners to use their seeds, others were legally forced to pay for "stealing" seeds that MonCrops secretly scattered.

Who is funding MonCrops? And why are they forcing farmers to use a mutated seed which is harmful to life?

But for Pentastar, how will they resolve this disruption to their health and food supply?