the colony proceeds with surprisingly little initial difficulty. several colonists are killed by stone-age-level werewolf-like creatures who view them as potential prey, but otherwise begin to settle into the colony. after a certain length of time, they are again visited by special forces, who inform them that the plan has partially succeeded, and the initial restrictions on technology have been lifted. the union attempted to destabilize the conclave by making them appear incompetent, due to their inability to find a single colony despite a year's worth of searching.