The Callisto Gambit
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Kiyoshi stood on the observation deck of the Spires View Visitor Center, eating a sandwich in a pouch. At 120 meters, the observation deck was high enough to have had a view of the ice spires over the horizon, if it hadn’t been dark. The blazing lights on the support and recycling facilities around the visitor center blotted out the stars. He could see nothing beyond the immediate area.
He wasn’t interested in the ice spires, anyway. He had his retinal implants on maximum zoom. He was w...atching tourists disembark from the all-terrain bus that had just pulled up in front of the visitor center.
Their EVA suits bore glow-in-the-dark slogans: Here today, Ceres tomorrow …My friend went to Ganymede and all I got was this lousy spacesuit. Kiyoshi got a chuckle out of that one. A couple of people carried babies in their own infant-sized spacesuits. Camera bots the size of pigeons perched on their shoulders, or hopped behind them, vidding the whole adventure. These were real tourists.MoreLess
Kiyoshi stood on the observation deck of the Spires View Visitor Center, eating a sandwich in a pouch. At 120 meters, the observation deck was high enough to have had a view of the ice spires over the horizon, if it hadn’t been dark. The blazing lights on the support and recycling facilities around the visitor center blotted out the stars. He could see nothing beyond the immediate area.
He wasn’t interested in the ice spires, anyway. He had his retinal implants on maximum zoom. He was w...atching tourists disembark from the all-terrain bus that had just pulled up in front of the visitor center.
Their EVA suits bore glow-in-the-dark slogans: Here today, Ceres tomorrow …My friend went to Ganymede and all I got was this lousy spacesuit. Kiyoshi got a chuckle out of that one. A couple of people carried babies in their own infant-sized spacesuits. Camera bots the size of pigeons perched on their shoulders, or hopped behind them, vidding the whole adventure. These were real tourists.MoreLess
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