Tales From Tewanta

Wilson Port, Tewanta - 3306-09-25 07:56 GST Francis Bonetti, manager of the Wilson Port Outfitting and Repair deck, stepped out of the transport pod and into the Station Administration offices. This section of the system was at the outer edge of the coriolis station and had a noticeably stronger artificial gravity from the station spin than the outfitting deck. He was here for an urgent in-person meeting with Progenitor Woodward and he was nervous. He had no idea what it was going to be about: he was told that the topic for discussion was best dealt with face to face. He hoped that he wasn't in trouble. He knew that, in principle, The Protectorate was in favour of staff modifying the procedures and making their ways of work more efficient, but worried that his team may have taken things too far. There wasn't a day where part of the manual wasn't updated, or even rewritten. The outer office was pretty large about ten...

Wilson Port, Tewanta - 3306-08-16 7:46 GST Frank Bonetti stepped into the Outfitting Deck Crew's new break room. It was situated next door to their environment suit locker room. It had been completed a week earlier, and had already become most of the team's preferred breakfast location. Part of that was down to the excellent facilities: a beverage dispenser that produced passable versions of both tea and coffee, a food fabricator that made pretty tasty food, albeit, mostly from vat grown algae, yeasts, and mushrooms. The key ingredient though, was the camaraderie of the crew. They were up to twenty people now, but it still was that tight knit group from the days when the Official Tewanta Order ran the station. They'd worked long, tough hours together, helped out with the cleanup after the big station fire, and cheered each other on as they achieved personal successes. Because of that, it was a great place to catch t...

Stable Cryptographic Analysis, Tewanta - 3306-03-18 08:27 "Hey, Denzel", said Brian Jones, as he walked into his supervisor's office carrying a data pad and a bulb of coffee. "I think I might have found something interesting." "Lay it on me!" "Well, I was working with FIDO to fine tune analysis of the low temperature diamond markets. Grete was complaining that some of the search routines were slow and difficult to use. So, to test the exploration interface I decided to put in that cult we were told to keep an eye on." "Chapter of Isinor?" "Yes! Them! Well, I may have found something weird." "How weird?" "Well, I was expecting some delivery contracts and maybe, they'd be the supplier for some LTD futures. You know, low level stuff. Well the search took a few minutes and I was worried that had mucked up the search indices somehow....

Wilson Port, Tewanta - 3306-01-23 07:20 Galactic Standard Time Danny O'Brien sat at the small table of his apartment eating a bowl of noodles and watching an historical drama from the Federation. He wasn't a huge fan of history, but it had enough action scenes and sex scenes to hold the fourteen year old's attention. Besides, he was too broke to do anything fun and didn't feel like working out, so there wasn't much else to do. He worked as a low level henchman for the Red Branch criminal faction. It was run by the Cullen family as long as anyone remembered and they operated in this part of Wilson port for generations. Apparently, there were Black Branch and Golden Branch Cullens at one point. Danny had no idea if they still existed, but if they did, then they stayed well away from Tewanta. The Red Branch operated out of an area of the station that was known as New Holborn, and made their money making running pro...

Wilson Port, Tewanta - 3306-01-21 08:31 Galactic Standard Time Francis Bonetti jabbed at the keys on the keypad beside the entrance to Wilson Port's with his index finger to enter his access code. For the fourth time the keypad made a low angry beep and flashed an icon on its display that Frank didn't recognize, while the door stubbornly refused to open. He felt tension build up in his shoulders, tension that had melted away during his two week holiday, out of the system, with Marianne. He couldn't have forgotten his access code. He was certain he'd gotten it right, and surely someone would have told him if his code had been changed or revoked. He took a deep breath, scanned his iris, and entered his access code again. He got an angry beep, and that weird little icon again, as a response. He heard the clunking of magboots in the corridor behind him and turned around to see Kayleigh in a full hard hazardous environme...

Wilson Port, Tewanta - 3305-09-21 08:11, Galactic Standard Time Francis Bonetti arrived at his cubicle office on the maintenance deck of Wilson Port to find his chief engineer, Kayleigh, waiting for him. She was sitting on his desk, with a coffee bulb in one hand, a slice of cake in the other with her legs swinging. "Morning Frank. Nice haircut! Have some cake. It was sent up by one of Progenitor Eisley's staff, 'in appreciation for all your hard work'. There's a little hand written note pinned to the box." "That's nice. Is it good?" "Oh yeah! It's Tewantan Boon Cake. Sweet, spicy, with a faint citrus tang." "You sound like one of those chefs on the new entertainment holo-vid channels." "I am a confections connoisseur, Frank. You know this. Hey, did you hear about the guy winning a luxury cruise holiday to the California Nebula? Luck...

Wilson Port, Tewanta - 3305-07-13 08:17 AM, Galactic Standard Time Francis Bonetti, the deck chief of the Wilson Port outfitting deck shouted across the workshop to his chief engineer. "Hey! Kayleigh! Could ya come over here for a minute? We need to figure out today's work schedule and assignments." "Sure thing, Frank.", she shouted back, and started walking over to the screened off niche that served as Frank's office & work area. Frank watched her walk over. He had worked with her for nearly ten years and knew her well enough to know that she was tired. They all were. Ever since the new faction, The Buurian Protectorate, arrived in the system, the outfitting deck had been very busy. They'd recently had to increase the staff by 50%, to fifteen technicians, and they were still struggling to keep up with the work. All his team were working extra hours, but nobody worked as hard as K...