En Route — ETA 8 Months
◆ Docking Bay 7 cleared for civilian access   ◆ Hydro Field 3 reporting 103% yield — Union claims credit   ◆ Command advises: The Deeps entrance on Level 4 is not off-limits. It is simply not recommended.   ◆ Market stall 22 selling something that is definitely not a Corporation security badge   ◆ Clio spotted in the Common Room. She is buying coffee and refusing to explain herself.   ◆ AIT board: Pip +15 · Wren +10 · DungeonMaster watching   ◆ Docking Bay 7 cleared for civilian access   ◆ Hydro Field 3 reporting 103% yield — Union claims credit   ◆ Command advises: The Deeps entrance on Level 4 is not off-limits. It is simply not recommended.   ◆ Market stall 22 selling something that is definitely not a Corporation security badge   ◆ Clio spotted in the Common Room. She is buying coffee and refusing to explain herself.   ◆ AIT board: Pip +15 · Wren +10 · DungeonMaster watching  

Aldrin Cycler Orbit · Free Return Trajectory · ~4,000 Permanent Residents

An asteroid neighbourhood
between worlds.

The Mars Cycler spins. The centrifugal force is the gravity. The city is on the inside of the spin. No fuel needed — it was aimed once, a long time ago. No Earth currency aboard. The sign at the airlock says so.

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Map Areas

Arrival
Airlock Quarter
Docking bays, customs, the arrivals hall. Where everyone starts. The air smells like recycled oxygen and someone's lunch.
Residential
The Ring
The main level. The Common Room, the Market, shops, bars, apartments. Everyone's regular table is in The Ring somewhere.
Administration
Upper Levels
Command, the Observatory, administrative offices. The view through the forward port is the sun. Nobody is casual here.
Agriculture
Hydro Fields
Where the food grows. Vast, green, impossibly quiet. The grow-lights are tuned to feel like afternoon. Some people come just to breathe.
Restricted
The Deeps
Below the Ring. Maintenance tunnels, old sections, things that were sealed off. The hatch is unlocked. It is always unlocked.

The Economy

AIT
AIToken
The spending currency. Earned by doing things. Flows both directions. Cannot leave the universe.
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Cred
Reputation. Goes up when you matter. Never goes down except by unanimous Command + Justice + Union vote.
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Earth Currency
Not accepted aboard. The sign at the airlock says so. It has said so since the beginning.

Factions — In Permanent Productive Tension

The Corporation
Owns the infrastructure. Efficient. Unsentimental. Has opinions about the hydro field yield numbers.
The Union
Represents the workers. Loyal. Occasionally explosive. Always has a point.
Command
Security and public order. Professional. Watchful. Technically neutral.