Survivors by Alex Isaacs

Author:Alex Isaacs [Isaacs, Alex]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-15T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7: Another Recruit

As we talk about the primary space vehicle, I ask Joe how large the vehicle is going to have to be to carry everything Simon wants. Joe says the vehicle is going to be very large. I ask, would it be better to have a couple of smaller primary vehicles. Joe says the PSV’s will have to be able to go inside the leading vehicle. Joe says maybe the first primary vehicle can carry the majority of the PSV’s along with the personnel. I suggest the second can carry the supplies that would be needed along with other personnel. We look at the diagrams that Joe and the others have started to draw up for the primary vehicle. We look at it, thinking if we cut back on the size, we could make two, then we can bring more supplies. I see one area, asking what it is. Joe tells me it is the mini-farm that Simon thinks would help to feed everyone on the voyage. I get to see more pictures of the mini-farm; it looks like a smaller version of the valley.

Joe tells me they will use the water to help make oxygen onboard the ship; the process is an easy one to do. He shows me the areas for storage and the plans for what we would be taking. I ask Joe the size of the vehicle; it is about three times the size of the whole valley. I start to think they have used the dimensions of the valley from the outside roads; they do not need to have all of it. I write down some notes, putting in needing water for making oxygen. Joe says he is going to see Simon before he heads back down to the central lab. I put my notes away, going back to the house.

I sit quietly, looking at my notes, bringing out a notebook to draw what I remember of the diagrams I saw earlier. I figure that the main vehicle can have a small mini-farm on it to help feed the personnel on board. The second vehicle, I make the mini-farm as large as this farm but using only the measurements inside the ridges. We do not need the solar panels; the energy should come from the engines. The height of the farm would only be so high, meaning more storage for supplies. I make a note to ask about how the gravity will be inside the vehicles. The farm would have plants to help with the oxygen on both vehicles. Everything would be electric, which is what we are going to work on here in the valley.

The girls come looking for me; they are bored, they would like to go for a horseback ride. I put my notes away, we get dressed, and with David in tow, the six of us go out riding. We go over to Davids farm; the building is complete. It is ready for the pigs to move in, the electricity is in, with solar panels on the roof.

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