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Arrival.
Eighty-four new replacement personnel: the managers, the engineers, the miners, the operators and the servers were led to the mining platform's main mess hall. The main mess had seating for a hundred people. There was the sound of boots on the deck and a susurrus of low volume talking between those people that had gotten acquainted just before or during the voyage between the planets. The sounds of the boots disappeared as the men and women took their seats and turned in them to face the one end of the room where a podium had been placed.
The room became quieter as a man in a black suit, in his early to mid-fifties, walked in from a side of the room and took a position at the lectern. He looked to be an inch or two shorter than six feet tall. His build might best be described as looking 'solid', as it was neither obviously slender nor rounded. Maybe there was some fat on him somewhere, but his mustached face seemed somewhat on the lean side. His complexion was fair and light peach, clear but with some age lines becoming more noticeable. The graying brown hair on his head was cut in a 'caesar' or 'roman' fashion. His mustache was trimmed in a style called 'regent'. The man's deep set eyes seemed light at a distance, perhaps blue or maybe green, but did not seem dark. The nose was not much remarkable, the mouth seemed small but full lipped and the chin was strong.
The man in the black suit tapped the surface of the podium and connected the microphone on the lapel of his jacket to the mess room's hidden speakers. He raised his right hand, palm forward, to get the attention of the room. He then shaped that hand into a knife-edge and made small 'cutting' gesture, signaling everyone else to be quiet.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Danyon Miles, the Chief Station Executive, and I am your new boss", began Danyon Miles, in his orientation lecture to the new personnel. "Welcome to Venus Processor One, also known as 'VePO'. I'm sure that you all know what you signed up for when you applied for this job, however, allow me to convey the importance of what is being done here, once more."
"There's simply a practical limit on how much of Earth's biosphere can be used to support human life in non-biosphere environments. Our main mission here is to gather Carbon Dioxide and separate the oxygen from the carbon for export. The oxygen that we mine here supports life in life hostile environments. Moons, asteroids, Lagrange stations and spaceships have come to depend on the oxygen that we provide. Also, in conjunction with the atmosphere processing taking place at the Jupiter Processor, humankind is now capable of making more water. Water for life between the worlds and water for human colonizing projects."
"Our platform floats on a level of the Venusian atmosphere, designed to be like a balloon in the air or a cork on water. The hull of our platform is protected by a combination of passive defenses such as ceramics and active electronic defenses against corrosion and particles. While there is a back-up fusion reactor on this platform, the vast bulk of electrical power is created by advanced thermocouple technology and the ambient heat of Venus. In case of the direst emergency, there are more than enough lifeboats, twenty boats each capable of carrying twenty people. That's four hundred seats for our crew of three hundred forty-two people to get up to the space station at the Lagrange two point."
"The company psychiatrists were given a fair amount of say on what a group of humans needed to be able to work in such a place, both efficiently and avoiding undue mental fatigue. The company bean-counters nearly went into seizures, but calmed down when the amenities were compared to the costs of therapy and the possible loss of the platform. The shrinks also screened each one of you for your temperament and ability to live in a somewhat confined space for long periods of time. All in all, you shouldn't leave this place any crazier than when you came here."
"The organization here is corporate, not military. You have your civil and human rights. However, as Venus is a very dangerous environment outside of this platform, there are some commonsense laws that are zealously enforced. You will all be provided with a copy of 'The Rules' that you are expected to live by, here at VePO, and the possible consequences of breaking those rules."
"You were all given a list of what clothing is practical and preferred for work at VePO. You have also received lightweight color-coded jackets. For the benefit of those with some knowledge in 'entertainment history', none of the jackets are red. The company prefers you to wear these jackets during your shifts. Engineers wear orange jackets. Miners wear tan jackets. Operators wear light blue jackets. Servers wear green jackets. An Assistant Manager's jacket has one white sleeve. A Manager's jacket has one gray sleeve. An Executive's jacket has one black sleeve. The jackets of the Platform Senior Assistant Executive and myself are just black."
"The last items that I have to share in this orientation regards 'intimate sexual activities'. You will engage in no such activities during your work shifts, period. I will be very concerned if I learn that anyone is attempting to 'sleep their way up the corporate ladder', as such things are not good for the morale on this platform. Finally, you have all had complete physicals and fertility blocking drugs have been made available to you, so I hope that pregnancies can be avoided."
X.X.X.X.X.
Venus Processor One (VePO) Organization
Executives = 6.
Managers = 16.
Assistant Managers = 64.
Team Members = 256.
Total Crew = 342
Chief Station Executive, Mr. Danyon Miles.
Senior Assistant Station Executive.
Executive of Engineering.
Executive of Mining Operations.
Executive of Platform Operations.
Executive of Support Services (including Galley).
Engineering Manager Shift One.
1st Assistant Engineering Manager Shift One + four Engineers.
2nd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift One + four Engineers.
3rd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift One + four Engineers.
4th Assistant Engineering Manager Shift One + four Engineers.
Engineering Manager Shift Two.
1st Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Two + four Engineers.
2nd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Two + four Engineers.
3rd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Two + four Engineers.
4th Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Two + four Engineers.
Engineering Manager Shift Three.
1st Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Three + four Engineers.
2nd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Three + four Engineers.
3rd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Three + four Engineers.
4th Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Three + four Engineers.
Engineering Manager Shift Four.
1st Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Four + four Engineers.
2nd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Four + four Engineers.
3rd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Four + four Engineers.
4th Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Four + four Engineers.
Mining Operations Manager Shift One.
1st Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift One + four Miners.
2nd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift One + four Miners.
3rd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift One + four Miners.
4th Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift One + four Miners.
Mining Operations Manager Shift Two.
1st Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Two + four Miners.
2nd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Two + four Miners.
3rd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Two + four Miners.
4th Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Two + four Miners.
Mining Operations Manager Shift Three.
1st Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Three + four Miners.
2nd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Three + four Miners.
3rd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Three + four Miners.
4th Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Three + four Miners.
Mining Operations Manager Shift Four.
1st Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Four + four Miners.
2nd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Four + four Miners.
3rd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Four + four Miners.
4th Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Four + four Miners.
Platform Operations Manager Shift One.
1st Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift One + four Operators.
2nd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift One + four Operators.
3rd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift One + four Operators.
4th Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift One + four Operators.
Platform Operations Manager Shift Two.
1st Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Two + four Operators.
2nd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Two + four Operators.
3rd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Two + four Operators.
4th Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Two + four Operators.
Platform Operations Manager Shift Three.
1st Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Three + four Operators.
2nd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Three + four Operators.
3rd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Three + four Operators.
4th Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Three + four Operators.
Platform Operations Manager Shift Four.
1st Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Four + four Operators.
2nd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Four + four Operators.
3rd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Four + four Operators.
4th Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Four + four Operators.
Support Services Manager Shift One.
1st Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift One + four Servers.
2nd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift One + four Servers.
3rd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift One + four Servers.
4th Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift One + four Servers.
Support Services Manager Shift Two.
1st Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Two + four Servers.
2nd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Two + four Servers.
3rd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Two + four Servers.
4th Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Two + four Servers.
Support Services Manager Shift Three.
1st Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Three + four Servers.
2nd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Three + four Servers.
3rd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Three + four Servers.
4th Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Three + four Servers.
Support Services Manager Shift Four.
1st Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Four + four Servers.
2nd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Four + four Servers.
3rd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Four + four Servers.
4th Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Four + four Servers.
Eighty-four new replacement personnel: the managers, the engineers, the miners, the operators and the servers were led to the mining platform's main mess hall. The main mess had seating for a hundred people. There was the sound of boots on the deck and a susurrus of low volume talking between those people that had gotten acquainted just before or during the voyage between the planets. The sounds of the boots disappeared as the men and women took their seats and turned in them to face the one end of the room where a podium had been placed.
The room became quieter as a man in a black suit, in his early to mid-fifties, walked in from a side of the room and took a position at the lectern. He looked to be an inch or two shorter than six feet tall. His build might best be described as looking 'solid', as it was neither obviously slender nor rounded. Maybe there was some fat on him somewhere, but his mustached face seemed somewhat on the lean side. His complexion was fair and light peach, clear but with some age lines becoming more noticeable. The graying brown hair on his head was cut in a 'caesar' or 'roman' fashion. His mustache was trimmed in a style called 'regent'. The man's deep set eyes seemed light at a distance, perhaps blue or maybe green, but did not seem dark. The nose was not much remarkable, the mouth seemed small but full lipped and the chin was strong.
The man in the black suit tapped the surface of the podium and connected the microphone on the lapel of his jacket to the mess room's hidden speakers. He raised his right hand, palm forward, to get the attention of the room. He then shaped that hand into a knife-edge and made small 'cutting' gesture, signaling everyone else to be quiet.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Danyon Miles, the Chief Station Executive, and I am your new boss", began Danyon Miles, in his orientation lecture to the new personnel. "Welcome to Venus Processor One, also known as 'VePO'. I'm sure that you all know what you signed up for when you applied for this job, however, allow me to convey the importance of what is being done here, once more."
"There's simply a practical limit on how much of Earth's biosphere can be used to support human life in non-biosphere environments. Our main mission here is to gather Carbon Dioxide and separate the oxygen from the carbon for export. The oxygen that we mine here supports life in life hostile environments. Moons, asteroids, Lagrange stations and spaceships have come to depend on the oxygen that we provide. Also, in conjunction with the atmosphere processing taking place at the Jupiter Processor, humankind is now capable of making more water. Water for life between the worlds and water for human colonizing projects."
"Our platform floats on a level of the Venusian atmosphere, designed to be like a balloon in the air or a cork on water. The hull of our platform is protected by a combination of passive defenses such as ceramics and active electronic defenses against corrosion and particles. While there is a back-up fusion reactor on this platform, the vast bulk of electrical power is created by advanced thermocouple technology and the ambient heat of Venus. In case of the direst emergency, there are more than enough lifeboats, twenty boats each capable of carrying twenty people. That's four hundred seats for our crew of three hundred forty-two people to get up to the space station at the Lagrange two point."
"The company psychiatrists were given a fair amount of say on what a group of humans needed to be able to work in such a place, both efficiently and avoiding undue mental fatigue. The company bean-counters nearly went into seizures, but calmed down when the amenities were compared to the costs of therapy and the possible loss of the platform. The shrinks also screened each one of you for your temperament and ability to live in a somewhat confined space for long periods of time. All in all, you shouldn't leave this place any crazier than when you came here."
"The organization here is corporate, not military. You have your civil and human rights. However, as Venus is a very dangerous environment outside of this platform, there are some commonsense laws that are zealously enforced. You will all be provided with a copy of 'The Rules' that you are expected to live by, here at VePO, and the possible consequences of breaking those rules."
"You were all given a list of what clothing is practical and preferred for work at VePO. You have also received lightweight color-coded jackets. For the benefit of those with some knowledge in 'entertainment history', none of the jackets are red. The company prefers you to wear these jackets during your shifts. Engineers wear orange jackets. Miners wear tan jackets. Operators wear light blue jackets. Servers wear green jackets. An Assistant Manager's jacket has one white sleeve. A Manager's jacket has one gray sleeve. An Executive's jacket has one black sleeve. The jackets of the Platform Senior Assistant Executive and myself are just black."
"The last items that I have to share in this orientation regards 'intimate sexual activities'. You will engage in no such activities during your work shifts, period. I will be very concerned if I learn that anyone is attempting to 'sleep their way up the corporate ladder', as such things are not good for the morale on this platform. Finally, you have all had complete physicals and fertility blocking drugs have been made available to you, so I hope that pregnancies can be avoided."
X.X.X.X.X.
Venus Processor One (VePO) Organization
Executives = 6.
Managers = 16.
Assistant Managers = 64.
Team Members = 256.
Total Crew = 342
Chief Station Executive, Mr. Danyon Miles.
Senior Assistant Station Executive.
Executive of Engineering.
Executive of Mining Operations.
Executive of Platform Operations.
Executive of Support Services (including Galley).
Engineering Manager Shift One.
1st Assistant Engineering Manager Shift One + four Engineers.
2nd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift One + four Engineers.
3rd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift One + four Engineers.
4th Assistant Engineering Manager Shift One + four Engineers.
Engineering Manager Shift Two.
1st Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Two + four Engineers.
2nd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Two + four Engineers.
3rd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Two + four Engineers.
4th Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Two + four Engineers.
Engineering Manager Shift Three.
1st Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Three + four Engineers.
2nd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Three + four Engineers.
3rd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Three + four Engineers.
4th Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Three + four Engineers.
Engineering Manager Shift Four.
1st Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Four + four Engineers.
2nd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Four + four Engineers.
3rd Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Four + four Engineers.
4th Assistant Engineering Manager Shift Four + four Engineers.
Mining Operations Manager Shift One.
1st Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift One + four Miners.
2nd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift One + four Miners.
3rd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift One + four Miners.
4th Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift One + four Miners.
Mining Operations Manager Shift Two.
1st Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Two + four Miners.
2nd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Two + four Miners.
3rd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Two + four Miners.
4th Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Two + four Miners.
Mining Operations Manager Shift Three.
1st Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Three + four Miners.
2nd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Three + four Miners.
3rd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Three + four Miners.
4th Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Three + four Miners.
Mining Operations Manager Shift Four.
1st Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Four + four Miners.
2nd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Four + four Miners.
3rd Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Four + four Miners.
4th Assistant Mining Operations Manager Shift Four + four Miners.
Platform Operations Manager Shift One.
1st Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift One + four Operators.
2nd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift One + four Operators.
3rd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift One + four Operators.
4th Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift One + four Operators.
Platform Operations Manager Shift Two.
1st Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Two + four Operators.
2nd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Two + four Operators.
3rd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Two + four Operators.
4th Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Two + four Operators.
Platform Operations Manager Shift Three.
1st Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Three + four Operators.
2nd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Three + four Operators.
3rd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Three + four Operators.
4th Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Three + four Operators.
Platform Operations Manager Shift Four.
1st Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Four + four Operators.
2nd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Four + four Operators.
3rd Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Four + four Operators.
4th Assistant Platform Operations Manager Shift Four + four Operators.
Support Services Manager Shift One.
1st Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift One + four Servers.
2nd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift One + four Servers.
3rd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift One + four Servers.
4th Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift One + four Servers.
Support Services Manager Shift Two.
1st Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Two + four Servers.
2nd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Two + four Servers.
3rd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Two + four Servers.
4th Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Two + four Servers.
Support Services Manager Shift Three.
1st Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Three + four Servers.
2nd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Three + four Servers.
3rd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Three + four Servers.
4th Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Three + four Servers.
Support Services Manager Shift Four.
1st Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Four + four Servers.
2nd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Four + four Servers.
3rd Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Four + four Servers.
4th Assistant Support Services. Manager Shift Four + four Servers.
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