Randolph Lalonde - Spinward Fringe Broadcast 08 - Renegades Read Online Free PDF

something that she’d like to see happen soon too,
but she had to consider the whole picture. “Let’s get people
movers built. The tram and permanent elevators should be finished
before we consider expanding the habitat. Oh, and add more safety
systems for our skidways, a lot of people who should be driving using
autopilots aren’t. We have to add course locking to more lanes.”
    “What about the
military features?” Lee asked. He was referring to a system Ayan,
Liam Grady, and several other experienced engineers had added to the
Everin Building’s design that could move military vehicles around
the inside of the building for servicing, launching, and storage.
    “I think that’ll
keep for another week. We don’t have the service personnel or ships
to fill a quarter of the building’s capacity yet, so there’s not
much point. I think people will feel safe enough when the shield’s
final test passes tomorrow.”
    “Glad you’re
finally feeling right about that thing, watching Liam second guessing
your design, making you run through the details like a race course
over and over,” Lee shrugged; Ayan could tell he was choosing his
words carefully. “There were days when I wanted to shut him up in a
closet for awhile.”
    “Sometimes we need to
be questioned so we can see our own mistakes,” Ayan said. Defending
him was a reflex, one she was still trying to get past. “He didn’t
agree on a few of the details, but I had more experience with combat
shielding, and I think he had trouble realizing that. Didn’t help
that he was stubborn about it either, but we’re past that now. The
shield is working better than expected, thanks to your people.”
    “We’re only as good
as the plans we’re working from. I can’t wait to prove that the
shield can protect the entire island. Gets the whole question of
safety here off the table.”
    “True, and I’m sure
we’ll have even more people trying to move in to Haven Shore. I’m
surprised at how many off-worlders are applying for citizenship, I
thought it would mostly be people from Kambis and Tamber looking to
move in.”
    “Are you going to
take more people in?” Lee asked her.
    “Eventually, as our
own aquaponic food production comes online, but until then it’ll be
slow, unless the Council starts pushing for more immigration, but I
don’t know why they would.”
    “I’ll put a rush on
finishing transportation systems for this building and the outer port
just in case. With my skitters on the job, it shouldn’t take more
than twenty-eight hours,” Lee replied. “I’ll have my people
stay up here, getting things ready for the final steps before putting
the top on this place in the meantime.”
    “Thank you, Lee. You
and Trina have done incredible work here.”
    “Ah, I’m just glad
there’s something to build, and she’s happy to be somewhere that
has a use for a doctor again. Bots with thoughts kept most of her
patients away in Glinn Shire. She thought she’d be a career mom for
the rest of her life, just to keep busy. Now she’s got our four
teenagers and two wee ones plus a couple hundred patients.”
    “So it’s going well
in the Medical Centre?” Ayan asked.
    “Yep, most docs have
never been happier, even though there are still bunches of people who
are a little shy at being treated by anything other than a medical
android, or an internal repair thing.”
    “Is there anything
else you wanted to talk to me about while I’m here? This’ll
probably be the last bit of free time I have until the votes are in.”
    “No, nothing comes to
mind,” Lee said. “You just concentrate on getting bots out into
the rest of the workforce, and if they have a doubt as to how good
that would be, well you just point to this building. If it weren’t
for skitter bots, lifters, and VAPs we’d still be working on the
foundations.”
    “I will. Wish me
luck, here comes my shuttle.”
    “You knew I’d
notice you up here and we’d have our meeting