I unshipped one of the autofactories and half of my scavenging units. The inner Jovian was, in fact, quite large, so there was a good possibility that it had captured a large number of satellites. The results were disappointing, and I decided I’d have to examine the two Jovian systems for other sources of heavier elements. The asteroid belt was surprisingly diffuse, and it took two complete revolutions around the parent star to map everything using SUDDAR. The survey took several weeks to complete. “Okay, plot a course that will allow us to overfly the entire asteroid belt in a powered orbit. “Guppy, have we got anything on useful resources in the asteroid belt?” I gazed at the image, grinning, then frowned. If any future colonists want to change it, they can make that decision.” I found them, so I’m damned well naming them. Include all telemetry that we’ve collected so far. Large swathes of land showed a definite green color. Most importantly, both planets had oxygen in their atmospheres. Both planets had atmospheres, clouds, and extensive oceans. The planets were imaged side-by-side, clearly showing the size difference between the two. I stared at the images on the hologram for what felt like hours, totally entranced. “Guppy, poke me when we get full images, okay?”Ī day later, I was in orbit around OE-1A, the larger of the two planets. These planets are in the habitable zone, right?”
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