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Doc listened carefully as MacRory explained what his needs were. He nodded as he explained. Fortunately, this was everyday stuff for his people so the answers came fairly easy.
"For what it is worth, we spend more of our time on a station somewhere than we do planetside," he explained "so that is nothing new for us. With the Bretonian Crown all but taking Gran Canaria and Liberty occupying Erie, much of our planetary services are quite limited. Two things will help you working in space. Once, respecting your neighbors. Right now the Corsair Empire is our biggest neighbor and it is not always easy but we have a healthy respect for each other. You do not have to approve of what they do or even like them but respect will help a lot with whoever you must work near."
"The other thing for working in space is having a good engineering team," he continued. "I am no engineer but I have a man on Med Force One that pretty much runs the ship. He and his crew are the best asset I have there. A good engineer will go unnoticed when everything is working right so be sure to give them props as much as possible."
He sipped his seltzer. "When it comes to medical crews themselves, that before mentioned engineer will either make or break them when it comes to the equipment. But what really helps us is that we have enough staff to where we can rotate crews off and on. For example, no one likes Freeport 5 with all the radiation so that is a thirty day tour. Tours on say, Freeport 1 are less stressful so that is a six month rotation. Keep them as fresh as possible with shore leave once a tour is done.
He again sipped his seltzer and put up a finger. "And give them the best food you can get. Little things like that help."
"Earhart," he said with some question. "I have only heard of it. I do not even know where it is. Is it possible to build a base there and have it last? Going back to ones neighbors, that is a question to consider. What kind of environment is there? Knowing that will help me make more sense."