And the fifty-year-old woman thinks that reducing the number of soldiers guarding Kepler-22b's outer orbit is a wise choice. Making those who come from a lower caste—the soldiers—additional labor for the two problems above the right option.
"That won't happen, Beatrice," said Sebastian Amethyst who is also part of The Big Three, he is Shiera Amethyst's grandfather. "We have to keep those soldiers there on their mission. Moreover, the program to get female slaves pregnant and produce future offspring of slaves is still ongoing."
"Yeah, right!" Beatrice snorted. "Your plan isn't going well, Sebastian. Are you pretending not to see, huh? It's been a year, and not a single female slave is known to be pregnant."
"You're just impatient. Scientists are still working on solving this problem."
"Until now?" said Beatrice. "Seriously? You gotta be kidding me!"
"I'm not, you knew that." Sebastian looked at Adam Zircon. "What about you, Adam?"