Atlantis Grail - 02 by Vera Nazarian

Author:Vera Nazarian [Nazarian, Vera]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Young Adult, Fantasy, Romance
Amazon: B013X8TXPI
Goodreads: 26100693
Publisher: Norilana Books
Published: 2015-08-12T18:30:00+00:00

An hour later, after completing a high-speed overview flight tour of H-Deck, with all its green growing wonders, we return to the entrance area that leads back upstairs to main level, and surrender our hoverboards. I feel strangely refreshed and at peace, as though I’ve been out on the surface of a planet for the last hour, flying in the gentle breeze among fragrant greenery, instead of in the bowels of a huge starship.

Others in the class seem to feel the same way. Hydroponics almost made us forget.

“Next class, we will continue on H-Deck,” the Instructor tells us. “But now, we make a short detour to the Manufacturing Deck. It’s up on Level Six. Since we have the Zero-G Dance coming up the day after tomorrow, and many of you will require things such as new clothing, I’ve been asked to demonstrate to you our 3D Printing process.”

Many girls and quite a few boys clap in excitement. I suppose their commanding officers had told them all about it, and what to expect.

We turn into the corridor on Six, and another large area presents itself to view. Although much smaller than Hydroponics, it’s still an impressive warehouse of machinery and materials. Rows of industrial 3D printers line the walls, and rows of various organic and artificial raw “ink” materials fill storage containers up to the ceiling.

Atlantean crew members move about, working the machines, and levitating robot vehicles transport boxes around from one pallet to another.

The Instructor talks in Atlantean to a few of the crew here, and then takes us to a smaller office enclosure where we are shown how to enter specific printer programs into consoles.

“Once you have your clothing program ready, you simply email it to the 3D printer device driver app which will queue the specific print job for you. The finished product—in this case, your new outfit—will be manufactured, and then delivered for pickup here at the end of the assembly line. You will be notified via email when it’s ready, and you can come get it the day after tomorrow, before the Dance.”

The Instructor points out the various raw materials containers. “These are the material ink compounds that will be used to create an endless variety of clothing fabrics.” He turns to point to another section of the office containing memory storage drive chips. “And here is a huge library of Earth and Atlantean fashion, historical and modern. Most of it already resides in the Fleet Network Cloud for your immediate access, but if anything is missing, it can be requested here, to be manually loaded into flash memory for your use. Just email us with the catalog item number.”

A girl raises her hand. “How long do we have to get our programs ready for printing?”

Klavit Xotoi thinks. “I suggest you don’t wait any longer than by noon tomorrow to submit your program. The 3D printers will be extremely busy, even running non-stop 24/7, and it takes at least ten minutes to assemble a single outfit, assuming a basic three piece including matching shoes.

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