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In the X Minus One episode titled Skulking Permit, set in the year 2204, a long-lost colony known as New Delaware receives a long-awaited communication from the Colonial Contact Inspector. After two centuries of isolation, the inspector's arrival brings both excitement and anxiety as he insists on ensuring that the colony adheres to the customs and traditions of Imperial Earth. The townsfolk, however, are perplexed by the inspector's demands, particularly the need to create a criminal, a role they have never had to fill in their peaceful society.
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