The Valle Santa Estrella Project - Planet Crete - [Invite only]

[Jack_Henderson]

Ana did not expect Hans to be excited or optimistic about the prospect of making this work, but she calmed herself and kept herself from immediately jumping to the defense of her home planet against the accusations and the damning verdict of this Rheinlander. And there it was, the immediate softening of tone on his side, as if he had expected an imminent counter-attack if he did not take a step back.

Ana was giving him a nod, even though he might easily see the dismay at his scepticism. "In contrast to what you... silver-spoon-in-mouth Rheinlanders who are used to great planets with great conditions think..." she tells him, while tugging at the scarf that keeps some of the sand and dust particles from her mouth while speaking... "... this is not as bad as it seems!"

She kneels down after a few meters, showing him a little plant that seems to be defying the odds at this arid place: "See?" she asks him, as if the existence of this normal-looking, unspectacular plant meant anything.



Ana realizes that Hans likely lacked the very specialized knowledge about fauna on Crete, so she adds - not without a winning smile around the corners of her mouth: "They signal the presence of aquifers... plus...." she adds before he can contradict: "... we checked the geology. This basin has a large aquifer in a depth of 50 to 75 meters, and one further down, at around 400 meters. Hard as hell to get to, but..." she looks him in his eyes and seems to be really serious about this: "... there -is- water here! Not... obviously... however... it's there!" she insists with Corsair stubbornness showing in her eyes.