My question is, why tf don't they just turn bandits/death row inmates into clones? Also producing small arms shouldn't be that difficult... Hell, with the technology of the Empire of Man (or whatever it is called), why are they not just mass producing tanks and steamrolling the entire planet? Too many plot holes in this story. The main mission of Alan isn't to peacefully integrate this planet, it is to prepare it for a bug invasion but he is instead trying to follow local culture at the expense of precious time.