Stanton 4a | “Calliope” How am I supposed to make this place sound appealing? Been stuck researching the “natural beauty” of Calliope for three days now. The weather’s bad for flying, the mountains are dangerous, and it’s too damn cold. Can’t even hike outside for long or my gear starts malfunctioning. You’d think if the higher-ups wanted to convince people to buy a travel package out here they’d have given me adequate equipment. Make it easier on me to explore the “rugged terrain.” My findings? This place is a boring rock. Nothing here that you can’t see planetside. Hm. Except for those pools. The ones in the craters. Kind of like the way they look in the morning light. Maybe I can spin something out of that. -Personal log of a contract researcher for a microTech-based extreme camping startup
Stanton 4b | “Clio”
Pink! The sky’s pink! Selling this place is going to be easy. I don’t even need to do any on-foot surveys. Everything that’s worth seeing is visible from the cockpit. Where to start? The big glaciers with the triangle-shaped rocks? The fields of snow? The green oceans (green!!!)?
They aren’t even frozen. I can’t believe it. A place this cold with liquid on the surface. A thousand creds says the rich tecchies in New Babbage’ll be taking luxury cruises up here in ten years, tops.
Got to figure out a way to downplay the blizzards.
-Personal log of a contract researcher for a microTech-based extreme camping startup
Stanton 4c | “Euterpe”
Ha. Ha. Ha ha ha.
I thought I was free. I thought I’d compiled everything I’d need to get a good travel guide together and get paid. I talked up the ice formations. I speculated on the composition of the atmosphere. I waxed poetic about the mist. I even slipped in some jokes about ice skating.
Guess who broke her leg while trying to climb one of those chimney-looking rocks?
They’d better cover my medical bills.
-Personal log of a contract researcher for a microTech-based extreme camping startup