WCGW Chpt 154

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==Chapter 154 - What Could Go Wrong==
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12th January, 3044
Wokha (Former Outworlds System)
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After showing the list to Major General David Mitchell and Reinhard Gleinfeld, Captain Nathan Davis had been sent back to try and recover all the information contained in the DoME files. Which was quite a lot of information actually. He even found that they had a map of the entire planet's surface with all discovered mineral deposits mapped onto it. Complete with coordinates. It also contained the exact terraforming process they had begun and at what quantities they used, how much would need to be used during the regular schedule of the soil and oceans. 
While Captain Davis was extracting information from the base computer, Reinhard Gleinfeld was studying the DoME print out closely with Major General Mitchell watching and occasionally asking questions as Reinhard made notes on a separate pad. He knew the information was valuable, but he did not grasp how valuable.
"Exactly what does this mean to our operation?" Major General Mitchell asked
"It saves us years of mineral surveys to determine exactly what this planet actually holds. If he finds us actual locations where they performed their survey's, your talking about near instant profit instead of spending millions finding the deposits. The asteroid stuff is the quickest to mine and easiest, in a sense to recover, but I am going to assume we do not have the experience needed to actually go after those. Instead, we focus on the surface stuff. We have equipment already that can perform that task and workers to use them. I am not a mining specialist; my field is mainly the planet conditions overall. You might consider finding someone that has managed a large-scale mining operation, though we can handle it until you do locate someone." Reinhard Gleinfeld said
"Okay, we handle what we can for now." Major General Mitchell replied, mentally, he was kicking himself for selling the damned mining station.
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Thazi (Former Outworlds System)
Nadia Patravich studied the soil sample under her microscope, her specialty was in Agriculture with a secondary in Botany. She had seen samples from Terra, New Avalon, and Argyle. All at the very top of Breadbasket classified worlds, but this soil was even richer than any of those. In her opinion, she doubted there was nothing that this coil could not grow. It was rare to find a planet that could grow crops from Terra readily, even rarer to find one with this rich of soil. She took a bite of a local apple, and savored the delicious flavor as she chewed. She was sure that it had been imported long ago from Terra, but it was not like any she had ever tasted. She wondered what the others were discovering.
Four thousand kilometers away, Tobius Johnson walked along the shore of the vast ocean. He was only a few kilometers from an abandoned city which still bore signs of the fighting that had taken place hundreds of years ago. His current focus was on this particular cove and the twin two kilometer long by 200 meter wide concrete piers jutting out into the large cove. His particular specialty was also Agriculture, but he had secondary in Marine Biology. He was the only Marine Biologist out here as far as he knew, which was why he volunteered to handle this particular survey. He had been told that hundreds of years ago they planned to begin harvesting the fisheries here on this planet and he was curious on what the oceans held.
Several engineers had accompanied him along with a few armed guards. The engineers managed to force open a door, long locked and exposed the inside to sunlight for the first time in many years. One caught his attention and he walked to them and entered the building. It was the largest single building they had found. Even partially collapsed, it was massive. Inside were large packing crates, several had the doors opened on them, Tobius Johnson walked to one and looked inside, the roller conveyor sections were easily identifiable, even though rust had set in after being exposed for so long to the elements. The other opened containers contained the same roller conveyor sections. He and an engineer opened one that was still sealed. Inside was a large machine, still wrapped in it's packing material. He grunted to himself as he pulled out a sealed manual and read the title, Crab Meat Extraction System.
With that he was sure they had found a cannery and processing plant that had never been finished. That explained the size of the building. I bet it could handle several different species at the same time., he thought to himself.
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