Gran Vista Orbital - 'rescuing' a space station

[Doria]

Omega 49 System - in orbit of Planet Gran Canaria
May, 822 A.S.

After two long months, cleaning and initial repairs on the basic systems were nearly completed. Gran Vista Orbital was ready to resume operations. Well, almost...

While approaching the station on his freighter, Starr saw the repair crew still working on something. He could also see that several other sections of the station had hull plates missing. They probably needed replacement and therefore were removed. With the station's shields not working, that was not very safe. Starr had passed the last couple weeks at the company's Headquarters in Las Palmas, with tons of paperwork to do, so he was out of the loop on how the repairs were going.

"Gran Vista, this is the OSI-Neutron.Starr, to dock."

"Hey, boss! Hernandez here. Good thing you came, I need to talk to you. I have a list of materials we will need now that the basic systems are repaired..."

"Almost repaired, you mean... I saw the space-workers..."

"Well, that was a power conduit that blew up. It's part of the weapons systems. We were testing it this morning and... Well, you better land first, right? You are cleared to Bay Four, boss..."

"Ok, Hernandez... We need this station back on its feet... Anyway, Neutron.Starr cleared to Bay Four, starting docking now."

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David met Hernandez on the Main Deck. It looked like he had just landed on a completely different station, not the same of two months ago.

"Your crew did a fine job here, Señor Hernandez. It looks new!"

"Thanks, boss. Well, some parts are new... But we have done all we can for now, with the supplies comming from Nichols. We have energy in all decks, docking bays are operational, scanners and comms also operational... Basic housing and other facilities are ready, but just for a small crew for now. We will need to expand on that..."

"Yes... I pretend to have some OSI offices here, and also some infra-structure to serve the traffic going in and out the planet. Some travel housing, a few shops and restaurants..."

"Well, boss" - interrupted Hernandez - "that will have to wait. First we need some more 'basic stuff'. I can barely keep the shields running, so they are offline now, and also most of our weapons are not working properly. And we need to update most of our computer systems if we want to ever make this into any sort of useful station..."

"Alright, alright. Give me the list. I will make the arrangements to get the stuff here as soon as possible..."

Hernandez handed the datapad over to Starr:

Stage 1: Docking Bays and Security
List:
- Bio-Neural Processors (4K);
- Energy Field Equipment (2K);
- Hull segments (150);
- Munitions (5K);
- Nano Capacitors (1K);
- Optronics (5K);
- Robotics (3K);
- Solar Panels (500);

Starr walked to the control center, so he could use the comm terminal to request those materials. Since Kelly's retirement, and his nomination to CEO, things have been very confusing. It looked like they were correcting their route, now. Gran Vista's retrofit was the next waypoint.

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