Morgan Arrival, Part 1
by tycho garen on Aug.05, 2008, under Knowing Mars
The section title for this sequence of Knowing Mars was Morgan Residence, Mars Colony 2542. which isn’t particularly unique or distinctive, so I’ve been calling this sequence “Morgan Arrival” for the past few months, and that stuck. Enjoy!
“It’s so big,” Taban Morgan said, when he saw the “house” for the first time. There was more space on Mars relative to the population, so accommodations were a bit larger than on Earth, particularly for the “sparsely employed.” In truth there weren’t houses, or even buildings as such on Mars, but rather a large complex of structures that had accommodations and work space, recreation space, food production and waste management: everything necessary to support a human community. It would probably feel cramped in a few months, when figured out that that this was all there was, but it was big for now.
But regardless of the sophistication the complex was on Mars, which meant dust. Lots of red dust, no matter how much they worked on the problem, many had just accepted the fact that even sealed, mars was dusty. “It’s so dirty,” Kalian retorted after stepping inside and getting a sense of the place.
Some of their belongings had arrived before them and were stacked in crates in one of the corners, more would arrive in the next couple of days. The essentials were packed in bags that were strapped to their backs: a change of clothes, a few books, computer security gear, data stores, various input devices, and mess of cabling. After a quick survey of their new home, Taban and Kalian began setting up their gear in the office space.
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