The Outposter Author:Gordon R. Dickson The lottery played no favorites--if a person's number came up, he joined the rest of the losers marked for exile from the overcrowded earth. Shipped to a raw new outpost in space, they were called colonists, but their destination was oblivion. — THE OUTPOSTERS, a small band of specially trained experts, were given the task of guiding the exiles ... more »in their harsh environment and protecting them from the merciless aliens, the Meda V'Dans.« less