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The Cargo Pod

Ohm Colony, HIP 82030 - 3306-12-05 17:55 GST Thomas Whitton, the administrator of Ohm Colony was tired and grumpy. Since The Buurian Protectorate took over, he had been run off his feet. For a start, there was the aftermath of the contamination of the colony's water supply. With all the water delivered by The Buur Pit CMDRs, he had to organize the building of extra water storage tanks. That required a lot overtime, created a lot of noise and hassle, and consumed most of the free space in the station. People weren't happy about that, and whined about it to him. But there was little he could do about it: the water was needed to flush out their hydroponics and water storage systems. Without that the colony would have failed. Eventually some of the space was reclaimed, but The Protectorate needed some of it for science labs to study the water giant nearby. Then there were operation changes that the new management required: