Rx

Two General Practice Patrol physicians respond to a crash-priority medical call from a hostile, jungle-bound planet that inexplicably possesses the Contract code. They find a society that has rejected formal medical contracts, depends on ritual healing, and violently resisted prior Earth missions. Despite legal duty to answer, the doctors arrive under heavy escort, encounter armed, suspicious inhabitants, and are hurried into the capital to face political and cultural opposition. The narrative explores the tension between professional obligation and local sovereignty, highlighting the clash between scientific medicine and indigenous belief systems.