Friendly Reminder!

[Ironwatsas]

Most plants, animals, and drugs from Earth are not in Sirius...

On the contrary, it clearly says in the description infocard for Luxury Foods to the effect that "...some gene backed plants and animals unexpectedly flourished in their newfound environments...", implying that many of earth's native species would have been brought along. At the very least, those that would be important to humans for food, and probably various others to seed virgin worlds' ecosystems to make them more suitable for human life.

Obviously, some wouldn't have made it (synth pot, for starters.) but it makes sense. What would the colinists have done if there were NO planets with arible soil or appropriate biospheres for earth life? You'd need at the VERY least, trees and foliage to be planted on a large scale to make oxygen. Various wildlife which would be important to the survival of said trees, food crops and livestock for eating, and probably domesticated animals for simple companionship.

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