"Pilots, take your teams!" you bark as the bus rolls to a stop in the shadow of the lead 'copter. You must be within firing range by now.\n\n[[You get off first.]]

<<silently>><<set $CompleteSecondChoice to "No">><<endsilently>>\nYou refer to your crew roster as you outline new criteria for a candidate search. All of human civilization boiled down to 36 people - what have you missed? What can't you live without?\n\n<<checkbox $mix2 "Technological">>\n<<checkbox $mix2 "Artistic">>\n<<checkbox $mix2 "Domestic">>\n<<checkbox $mix2 "Social">>\n<<checkbox $mix2 "Physical">>\n\n<<button [[Find Candidates|2ndSearch]]>>

Your chair creaks as you roll down the tunnel towards the Assembly Dome, the only creaky thing in a community with fifteen 3D printers running 24 and a half hours a day. But you've always refused upgrades to your old chair, prefering to see those printers working towards building for the community, for the future. \n\nYou never expected to live long anyway, especially after being shot. You certainly didn't expect to outlive Patrick, but here you are, on your way to honour the first anniversary of his passing. More people would be at this gathering than any single event ever held on Mars, barring his wake. Almost 200 people. \n\nThey still haven't forgotten: he was a hero. Those who came in on the SpaceX ships and the descendents of the CASC crew knew they had him to thank for their lives and their families. His name would be on their lips for a long time still.\n\n"A hand, Mrs. Jones?" Your son-in-law, Aiden McCarthy, takes up your chair and helps you down the corridor. You pat his hand.\n\n"How's Sammy?" you ask. She has been on bedrest for a month, but the end is coming soon. Gestational patterns have been odd on Mars, but nobody has <i>ever</i> gone past 44 weeks. \n\n"Grouchy," Aiden says. "I mean, with reason," he adds. "We're ready for the baby is all."\n\n"Are you still going to name her Jennifer?" you ask.\n\n"If it's a girl." Aiden pauses. "I know we'd talked about Obasi for a boy, but-" You wait. "If it's born tonight... don't you think we should name him Patrick?"\n\nYou grin. "Yes. I do."\n\nTHE END\n

"Every person in the world is beautiful and talented and would offer something unique to the Mars colony, Patrick," you tell him, trying to look kind. "No matter who I choose, billions of others will die who do not deserve to. That's what is going to happen. We can't do anything about that." You pause to see if he's listening, buying it. He's crying again, so you assume your words are hitting home. "The only thing we can do - the only thing we have time to do - is pack up the best people we can and get off this planet before C/2019-41 gets here."\n\n"What if these aren't the best people?"\n\n"They won't be. But they are going to be the best people I can get. You can help me with that. Find me the best candidates. Help me save the best of humanity, Patrick. This is about who we can save, not who we can't."\n\nPatrick nods. You let your body language betray the slightest impatience. <i>Now, Patrick. We have to do this now.</i> He gets it, and [[takes the pad from you.|the second choice.]]

It has been four days and twelve hours since your first child died. Your first grandchild too, though the little thing outlived Sammy by two hours. The funeral is in an hour. \n\nYou feel genuinely old for the first time in your life. Ella has one of your arms and Patrick the other as you make your way down the softly-lit corridors of Eirene, and you feel you need both of them to keep from falling. Death in childbirth is nothing new - not on Mars, and not back home - but this is your first. It hurt when the community lost Helena, and Suki and Estraja; but this was different. Sammy was yours. Your little girl.\n\n"It will be beautiful, Mom. The Maestro himself will play. Elsie's class has prepared a special song-"\n\n"Will you be singing, Ella?" you ask your only child. She tears up.\n\n"I can't. I just... can't. But everyone else will, Mom. Every one of us."\n\nMusic has always been sacred to the people of Eirene, ever since those long months in the colony ships where there was so little else to do but sing and grieve and remember and sing. Nowhere was Earth's richness better preserved than in song. Your children turned out to be gifted vocalists, but Sammy in particular. Everybody had loved Sammy. The Wake Chamber would be packed full with almost every one of the fifty people in the community.\n\nYou will gather in the Wake Chamber and sing to remember that you still live, despite everything. You've spoken at every Wake since Landfall; reminded your people that Eirene persists, humanity persists - even grows, albeit slowly. Life here is happy, if hard. You try to remind them that it can only get better. So long as you remember. \n\nYou won't speak this time, but you will remember. Sammy, Earth, everyone.\n\nTHE END

Beatrice Chung, partner of Dr. Donald Chung.\nElementary school teacher.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Partner of Chooli Hayou.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Arya is a 14-year-old llasa apso in the keeping of Ram Sastra Vardhana.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

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<b>Larissa Ivanevna Zonov</b>\n11/11/1979 (Age 40)\nPartner Aqlanax Sovorov (see below), no children.\nCaucasian female, Russian national\n\nMs. Zonov is a sculptor, Master Stonemason and Director of Classical Scupture at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow. A leading figure in the Monumentalism movement, Ms. Zonov is behind the massive restructuring of Putin Square, ongoing these last four years. Ms. Zonov is a staunch Plutocrat who has been outspoken in her belief that a strong culture can only flourish under the patronage of a rich ruling class. She is currently writing a comprehensive history of the Medici Family of 16th century Florence.\n\nMs. Zonov's longtime partner, Aqlanax Sovorov (age 46), is an art dealer of Aleut descent. He was charged with trafficing cultural artefacts in the United States in 2016, but has not returned to the country to stand trial.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Larissa Zonov" or $EMPTY3 is "Larissa Zonov" or $EMPTY5 is "Larissa Zonov">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Larissa Zonov"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Aqlanax Sovorov"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Larissa Zonov"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Aqlanax Sovorov"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Larissa Zonov"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Aqlanax Sovorov"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

<<silently>>\n<<set $FirstChoice to []>>\n<<set $position to 0>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Technological">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Artistic">>\n<<set $Options to ["George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Domestic">>\n<<set $Options to ["Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Technological,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Technological,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Technological,Artistic">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Technological,Domestic">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Artistic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Domestic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Artistic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Domestic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Artistic,Domestic">>\n<<set $Options to ["George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Technological,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Technological,Artistic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Technological,Domestic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Technological,Artistic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Technological,Domestic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Technological,Artistic,Domestic">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Artistic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Domestic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Artistic,Domestic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Artistic,Domestic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Technological,Artistic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Technological,Domestic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Artistic,Domestic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix3 is "Technological,Artistic,Domestic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<display "arrayset">>\n<<display "arrayset">>\n<<display "arrayset">>\n<<display "arrayset">>\n<<display "arrayset">>\n\n<<endsilently>>\nYou pull up the list of your [[final candidates.|FinalFive]]

"You know what? Fuck you!" Patrick gasps, then lapses into hysterical giggles. "This paranoid quarantine - your lock down! You're going to be Queen up there, is that it?"\n\n"Patrick..."\n\n"You only want people who are going to do what <I>you</i> say, who are going to acknowledge you as CEO or creator or God-Queen or who knows what! This is un-democratic! This is-"\n\n"Patrick..."\n\n"No no no, shut up, shut up! We should all have a say at who we bring along! Fuck your criteria! What about we bring my sister, huh? Did you know Ainslin has a step-daughter she wasn't allowed bring? No, fuck you and your tyranny and-"\n\n[[["Patrick, I have your mother."]|Blackmail]] [[[Open the drawer.]|The Gun]]

Ella Ajike Carson Jones, age 4.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Samira Carson Jones, age 9.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

You descend with Patrick out of Utopia's head office, down into the basements where underground tunnels will carry you on moving sidewalks to the ship yards. \n\nThere has been no time to move the ships down to Hawaii where you'd hoped to do an equitorial launch. Crews have been told to get the ships launch-ready as a drill, six snub-noses pointing skyward in the middle of a desert parking lot on the outskirts of a major urban centre. \n\nYou surface in the recreational building you have hastily locked down as crew quarters and quarantine zone; a bright, mostly glassteel facility with a clear view of the ship yards. You step off the elevator and look up, scanning the bright blue sky. \n\n"Astro says it's too dark," Patrick says. "It won't flare until it's closer to the planet-"\n\n[[But it isn't the comet you're watching for.]]

Utopia

<b>George Mitha</b>\n3/02/1972 (Age 47)\nMarried to Fatima Mitha, no children.\nHigh blood pressure, cholesterol problems (both under treatment).\nIndian male, American national.\n\nMusic Director of the Portland Chamber Orchestra. Under Mr. Mitha's direction, the PCO has become a world leader in contemporary chamber music, debuting more new works in the last five years than every other American chamber orchestra combined. Mitha is responsible for discovering and launching the careers of contemporary chamber composer superstars Isabella Li and Sachin Riza Khan. He has established the New Rooms Fund and founded the Portland Youth Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Mitha studied oboe, composition and conducting at Juliard.\n\nFatima Mitha is a cellist with the Portland Chamber Orchestra, as well as a mentor with the Portland Youth Chamber Orchestra.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "George Mitha" or $EMPTY3 is "George Mitha" or $EMPTY5 is "George Mitha">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "George Mitha"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Fatima Mitha"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "George Mitha"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Fatima Mitha"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "George Mitha"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Fatima Mitha"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

The only people who answer their phones are the pilots.\n\n"Seal the hatches. Watch the port gates. If anyone who isn't me or Patrick comes through, you initiate launch. Got it?"\n\nThey get it. Patrick still hasn't moved, though the room is almost empty and you hear yelling somewhere further off. You don't need a visual to know they are going to try to find the ships, and that with the staff leading the way, they will find them - probably security first. You hope they phone you again before they launch.\n\n"Should we try to reach the ships?" Patrick asks in a flat monotone. You shake your head. You both know there's no time.\n\n"If anyone else has ships, this is hopefully going on all over the world right now. Who knows how many will get off now? I just hope-" Your phone rings and you answer it immediately.\n\n"Mommy?" You nearly crumple, but you don't. \n\n"Hey, Sammy. Are you all buckled in? Is Ella there? And Daddy?" You try to sound like this is any other day; they're going on a trip and you're staying behind to work.\n\n"Daddy's crying," Sammy tells you. She's trying to sound like a grown-up, but you can hear the waver in her voice. You just want to hug her.\n\n"He'll be all right," you tell her. "You'll all be all right. Have a good trip, baby. I love you. I'll miss you."\n\n"Love you, Mommy. Can I have a hug goodbye before we go?"\n\nYou hear the distant rumble of the launch engines igniting. The connection is already starting to break up.\n\n"Tell Ella I love her. Hug Daddy for me. Work hard!" you are yelling now, but the connection is lost. \n\nYou put the phone down and sit. You hear the angry shouts of people coming closer.\n\nTHE END

<<if $TooLate is "Yes">>Patrick takes the pad from you and goes to call <<print $EMPTY5>>, but a noise from the hall stops you both in your tracks.\n\n"What is that?" Patrick asks. \n\nIt's one yell, a chorus of shouts, and then a riot of voices that grow more indistinct the louder they get. "Word's out," you whisper. "It's too late."\n\n"What? But how could they-"\n\n"Get me a phone."\n\nSecurity is gone: abandoned their posts, you'd bet. The only people who answer their phones are the pilots.\n\n"Seal the hatches. Watch the port gates. If anyone who isn't me or Patrick comes through, you initiate launch. Got it?"\n\nThey get it. Patrick still hasn't moved, though the yelling is getting closer. You don't need a visual to know they are going to try to find the ships, and that with the staff leading the way, they will find them - probably security first. You hope your crew phone you again before they launch.\n\n"Should we try to get to the ships?" Patrick asks in a flat monotone. You shake your head. You both know there's no time.\n\n"If anyone else has ships, this is hopefully going on all over the world right now. Who knows how many will get off now? I just hope-" Your phone rings and you answer it immediately.\n\n"Mommy?" You nearly crumple, but you don't. \n\n"Hey, Sammy. Are you all buckled in? Is Ella there? And Daddy?" You try to sound like this is any other day; they're going on a trip and you're staying behind to work.\n\n"Daddy's crying," Sammy tells you. She's trying to sound like a grown-up, but you can hear the waver in her voice. You just want to hug her.\n\n"He'll be all right," you tell her. "You'll all be all right. Have a good trip, baby. I love you. I'll miss you."\n\n"Love you, Mommy. Can I have a hug goodbye before we go?"\n\nYou hear the distant rumble of the launch engines igniting. The connection is already starting to break up.\n\n"Tell Ella I love her. Hug Daddy for me. Work hard!" you are yelling now, but the connection is lost. \n\nYou put the phone down and sit. The shouts are just outside.\n\nTHE END<<else>>\nYou look at the clock. You have five hours left. You've made your choices and all that remains is to see if you have made the right choices.\n\n[[Check out your crew one last time.|Crew][$end = "Yes"]]<<endif>>

Homebound 1 through 6 are prototype colony ships developed by Utopia Corp, scheduled to begin manned trips to Mars in 2024. Test "camping trips" to the Moon have been successful.\n\nThese ships are meant to be user-friendly "colony kits" for a largely civilian ridership. At their core are Utopia's patented StoneSpinners, 3D printers which can "spin" powdered mineral into desired forms. The ships convert into ready-on-landing habitation pods which connect via glassteel tunnels. The landing kit includes a medical lab, greenhouse, recreation space, power and atmosphere systems, as well as water & waste filtration systems. Also included are Ark Libraries containing DNA samples from comprehensive Earth lifeforms and the digitized contents of the Harvard University Library System. \n\nEach of the six Homebound ships are built to support six people. Utopia staff and family already quarantined at the Reno campus will fill 30 of the 36 spaces available on these ships.\n\n[[Back.|$return]]

Natalie Zhang, sister of Jason Zhang.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

The StoneSpinner whirrs to a stop and Ella withdraws the final tile from the delivery carriage. It fits perfectly into the corner of her little pod, the last piece of a mosaic floor that has taken her two years to construct.\n\n"So?" she says, grinning at you. "Pretty great, right, Mom?"\n\nYou can't deny it's beautiful. Ella designed each tile in the pattern, printed them all out individually. Disks of pink geothite are fitted with iron sigils, poised between pale quartz whorls. Ella spent every one of her shifts with the StoneSpinners making these, forsaking more practical upgrades to her habitation pod. \n\nIt's beautiful, but you can't say you approve. The Spinners should be put to better use, building components of new pods for colony expansion. But that would take planning on a larger scale, and it would mean the Spinners would have to be left under the control of a central planning authority, rather than being shared throughout the community. So instead of a new medical pod, you have mosaic floors. \n\n"It's nice," you say. Ella rolls her eyes at you.\n\nElla was 4 when the ships landed on Mars. She doesn't remember Earth, though she claims to remember the five month voyage here. She, like so many of the colony children, finds the small spaces comforting. \n\nHomestead feels to you like a well-appointed cave. You remember conseptual designs of wide open spaces capped with glassteel domes, expansions to the greenhouses that were supposed to come to include tilapia ponds, chicken farms and trees; a view to terraforming. Those designs have been forgotten by all but a few old Utopia employees. Most people are content to live in the little maze of colony pods, entrenched and enriched with love and care. Homestead is a cozy place, but you miss the golden ages of Earth, when you could command the labour of millions to build great things.\n\nHomestead's population is 82 people. \n\n"Come on," Ella moves to the Spinner. "I have to take this to Sammy & Aiden's. They're working on a new bed for little Jen." That brightens your mood. You help Ella lift the Spinner and begin the short trip down the hall to the next pod. \n\nShe isn't an auditorium or a foodball field, but your first granddaughter is the best measure of progress you have ever known. Robust, happy, and loved, she is a life.\n\nTHE END\n\n

<<silently>><<set $CompleteThirdChoice to "No">><<endsilently>>\n<<if $Blackmail is "Yes">><<checkbox $mix3 "Technological">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Artistic">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Domestic">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Social">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Physical">>\n\n<<button [[Find Candidates|3rdSearch]]>><<elseif $DeadPat is "Yes">><<checkbox $mix3 "Technological">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Artistic">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Domestic">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Social">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Physical">>\n\n<<button [[Find Candidates|3rdSearch]]>><<elseif $TooLate is "Yes">>"Quickly. Just bring me a few more to choose from. Here. Someone like this."\n\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Technological">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Artistic">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Domestic">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Social">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Physical">>\n\n<<button [[Find Candidates|3rdSearch]]>><<else>>"Once we have everybody, Patrick; once we're packed and ready to go - we'll let people have their calls. <i>Only then.</i> Okay?"\n\nPatrick hesitates, then nods. "I guess it makes sense to fill the ships first. Let the last two have calls too."\n\n"Exactly," you say, too tired to be very pleased at this victory. "So let's get these ships filled. We need one more pair. Here is what I need:"\n\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Technological">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Artistic">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Domestic">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Social">>\n<<checkbox $mix3 "Physical">>\n\n<<button [[Find Candidates|3rdSearch]]>><<endif>>

<b>Oluchi Otorogu</b>\n09/12/1982 (Age 37)\nMarried to Somto Otorogu, no children.\nNo known health issues.\nIgbo female, Nigerian national.\n\nMrs. Otorogu is an award-winning novelist and short story writer who now teaches creative writing at Brown University, Providence. Her most recent novel, <i>Six Degrees North</i>, won both the Man Booker Prize (2018) and the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. She has delivered several TEDx talks and the Commonwealth Lecture, all on the subject of cosmopolitanism as understood by the philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah. Mrs. Otorogu is known to hand-write her manuscripts, inserting passages in nsibidi, an indiginous Igbo script in which she is fluent.\n\nMrs. Otorogu's husband, Somto Otorogu, is a surrealist filmmaker based in Lagos, nominated once for an Academy Award for Best Animated Film, Short Form.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Oluchi Otorogu" or $EMPTY3 is "Oluchi Otorogu" or $EMPTY5 is "Oluchi Otorogu">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Oluchi Otorogu"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Somto Otorogu"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Oluchi Otorogu"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Somto Otorogu"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Oluchi Otorogu"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Somto Otorogu"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

You get off and turn your back to the 'copters, blocking the causeway with your body. "Come on!" you yell, waving someone's partner with two kids in his arms towards you. \n\nHe jumps off the bus and runs for the first ship, calling to those behind him. Nobody fires. They tumble off the bus in pairs and groups then, stumbling after their leaders towards their assigned ships. The <i>whump whump whump</i> of state-of-the-art 'copter grows closer and closer until you have to look. [[Almost everyone is off.]]

Partner of Jabulile Tshabalala.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Dr. Obike Damon Jones\nAssociate Professor of History of Technology - University of Nevada, Reno\nHusband of Dr Leona Frances Jones\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<b>Hellen Chepkirui</b>\n09/21/1994 (Age 25)\nSingle, lives with mother, Shari Chepkirui (see below)\nKalenjin female, Kenyan national\n\nMs. Chepkirui is the fastest female marathon runner on the planet right now, having won the gold medal for women's marathon at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and nearly every other major marathon she has entered since she was 18 years old. Her marathon fame won her a spot in the first season of the American reality TV show "The Impossible" (2018) where she impressed even the producers by winning each and every endurance challenge they could invent for her. Ms. Chepkirui is studying medicine at the Yale School of Medicine.\n\nWhen Ms. Chepkirui immigrated to the US, she brought her widowed mother with her. Mrs. Shari Chepkirui (age 46) is a nurse and sometimes marathon runner herself.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Hellen Chepkiruio" or $EMPTY3 is "Hellen Chepkiruio" or $EMPTY5 is "Hellen Chepkiruio">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Hellen Chepkiruio"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Shari Chepkirui"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Hellen Chepkirui"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Shari Chepkirui"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Hellen Chepkirui"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Shari Chepkirui"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

<b>Areta Tiaho</b>\n01/18/1980 (Age 39)\nPartner Paea Hori, no children.\nCurrently undergoing hormone therapy.\nMāori transwoman, New Zealand national.\n\nMs. Tiaho is a promenant New Zealand politician and land claims lawyer. A member of New Zealand's Labour Party, she is currently the highest-ranking Māori politician in Parliament and the youngest-ever Minister of Treaty Negotiations. Her success in this capacity is credited to a claims structure she herself rebuilt, giving iwi the greater administrative powers in managing claimants. Ms. Tiaho has considerable social media savvy and is a massively popular cultural critic world-wide, catipulted by her 2016 internationally best-selling memoir, <i>Ah'luv'us</i>.\n\nPaea Hori (age 32) is Ms. Tiaho's life-partner and a political affairs reporter with the <i>Dominion Post</i>.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Areta Tiaho" or $EMPTY3 is "Areta Tiaho" or $EMPTY5 is "Areta Tiaho">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Areta Tiaho"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Paea Hori"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Areta Tiaho"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Paea Hori"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Areta Tiaho"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Paea Hori"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

Partner of Larissa Zonov.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

[[A muted <i>pop</i> and you fall.]]

Utopia employees and their immediate families make up most of the space on our six colony ships.The last six slots need to be allocated to three civilians and their dependants. You can inspect your crew from here.\n\n<table style="width:100%; border: 1px solid white;">\n <tr>\n <th>Ship 1</th>\n <th>Ship 2</th> \n <th>Ship 3</th>\n\t<th>Ship 4</th>\n\t<th>Ship 5</th>\n\t<th>Ship 6</th>\n </tr>\n <tr>\n <td>[[Sgt. Michael Eriksson|Pilot 1]]</td>\n <td>[[Petua Ransom-Poolar|Pilot 2]]</td> \n <td>[[Patricia White|Pilot 3]]</td>\n\t<td>[[Cpt. Seamus McLaughlin|Pilot 4]]</td>\n\t<td>[[Lt. Owen Morse|Pilot 5]]</td>\n\t<td>[[Lt. 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<<silently>>\n<<set $FirstChoice to []>>\n<<set $position to 0>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Technological">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Artistic">>\n<<set $Options to ["George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Domestic">>\n<<set $Options to ["Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Technological,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Technological,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Technological,Artistic">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Technological,Domestic">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Artistic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Domestic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Artistic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Domestic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Artistic,Domestic">>\n<<set $Options to ["George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Technological,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Technological,Artistic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Technological,Domestic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Technological,Artistic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Technological,Domestic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Technological,Artistic,Domestic">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Artistic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Domestic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Artistic,Domestic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Artistic,Domestic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Technological,Artistic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Technological,Domestic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Artistic,Domestic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix2 is "Technological,Artistic,Domestic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<display "arrayset">>\n<<display "arrayset">>\n<<display "arrayset">>\n<<display "arrayset">>\n<<display "arrayset">>\n\n<<endsilently>>\nPatrick looks even more drained when he returns with [[your candidates.|SecondFive]]

Evelyn Lee-Chin\nFormer host, <i>Good Morning, Get Up!</i>; retired actress.\nPatrick Chin's mother.\n\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<b>Veena Narain</b>\n12/31/1964 (Age 57)\nDivorced, one adult child, Dandanar Narain (see below).\nPossible onset of type 2 diabetes (untreated).\nBengali female, Indian national.\n\nVeena Narain is a water rights activist in the Jannu region of northern India. Founder of FLOW, Ms Narain is responsible for establishing protocols for communal access to privately-owned water management systems accross northern India, as well as jump-starting hundreds of community-scale capture and storage systems. Ms Narain's organizational background includes terms spent on the board of directors of the WWW India, Deepalaya, and Go Girl India. Ms Narain is the author of the bestselling <i>Brown Planet</i>.\n\nDandanar Narain \n07/15/1999 (Age 20)\n\nVeena Narain's son is a student at Jammu University, Kashmir, where he is pursuing a Master's degree in flashplain ecology.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Veena Narain" or $EMPTY3 is "Veena Narain" or $EMPTY5 is "Veena Narain">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Veena Narain"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Dandanar Narain"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Veena Narain"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Dandanar Narain"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Veena Narain"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Dandanar Narain"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

Lt. Owen Morse (age 47) is the pilot of Ship 5. Former United States Airforce trainer.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Cpt. Seamus McLaughlin (age 43) is the pilot of Ship 4. Former United States Airforce pilot. Lead pilot on Utopia's first Luna Camp expedition.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Oona Xuan is the wife of Lt. Ashley Xuan. Nurse currently on maternity leave.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Lt. Ashley Xuan is the pilot of Ship 6. Electrical engineer and pilot formerly with the United States Airforce. Participated in Utopia's Camp Luna 2.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Sgt. Michael Eriksson (age 37) is the pilot of Ship 1. Mechanical Engineer formerly of the United States Airforce.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Patricia White (age 31) is the pilot of Ship 3. Former Hollywood stunt-pilot.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Petua Ransom-Poolar (age 43) is the pilot of Ship 2. She is head of pilot training and innovation at Utopia.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<b>Dr. Gabriella Nunez Ascencio</b>\n10/05/1983 (Age 34)\nMarried to Pablo Esmelin Ascencio; pregnant (22 weeks).\nGestational diabetes.\nLatino female, Peruvian national\n\nGlacial Geologist, Team Lead at the Nevado Firura near Arequipa, Peru. Specializes in the permafrost structure in the southern Andes. Dr. Ascencio has been in the field for fifteen years, making only rare trips to Lima to meet with her superiors at the Pontifical Catholic University of Lima. She has been noted by researchers for her unusually robust health at extremely high altitudes.\n\nPablo Esmelin Ascencio (age 21) is Dr. Ascencio's husband and former grad student. He is completing a Master's degree in archeology.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio" or $EMPTY3 is "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio" or $EMPTY5 is "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Pablo Esmelin Ascencio"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Pablo Esmelin Ascencio"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Pablo Esmelin Ascencio"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

"I never thought this would work."\n\n"Never thought what would work?" you ask. Obike shrugs and gestures around the hall, at the runners, the lights, and the red world beyond the glassteel dome. \n\n"This. Utopia. The colony. Mars."\n\nYou stop midstride, speechless. Obike continues.\n\n"I thought, you know, we'd starve. We'd freeze. We'd go crazy and tear each other to pieces. Best case scenario, I thought we'd dwindle. I'm proud of you. You made this work."\n\nYou're still stunned by this little speech, the most reflective thing your husband has said in thirty years. You decide to fake offense.\n\n"You didn't think I could do this? With all the money Utopia spent, the hundreds of geniuses involved in the development-"\n\n"-Leo, Leo, please. You know what I meant. I just wanted to say it before we got to the ceremony, before you're busy again. This shouldn't have worked, but you made it happen. I'm proud of you."\n\nYou glance at him side-eyed and keep walking, mollified. "And the new wing? Do you think <i>that</i> will work?" It took five years to build, but Utopia is expanding for the first time since the colony's founding. New habitation pods, a new cafeteria, and an amphitheatre - the biggest open-contained space you've attempted yet. About time too. Utopia has more than twice as many people as it did when you landed thirty years ago.\n\nObike laughs. "I think the amphitheatre dome will collapse. But you've proven me wrong before! I'm going to the ceremony, aren't I? If the dome cracks and we're all suffocated, we'll die together and I'll get to say 'I told you so' with my last breath."\n\n"How did I get so lucky?" you say dryly. \n\nYou've come to the airlock that used to lead to the construction site - the door that will soon be opened for the first time into carved Martian stone steps descending towards a round stage, into the light of the largest glassteel dome you've ever built. There is a small crowd there - the familiar faces of humanity. They have waited for you to open the door for them. \n\nYou take the bolt and twist. The door swings open into the future.\n\nTHE END

<<silently>>\n<<set $randomization to random(0,$Options.length-1)>>\n<<set $FirstChoice[$position] to $Options.splice($randomization,1)>>\n<<set $position++>><<endsilently>>

You squint at the horizon. It could be a flock of birds. It could be smoke. It could be the shimmer of heat on the horizon.\n\n"Move," you tell Patrick, breaking into a run. "Get the crew. We're getting on the ships <i>now</i>!"\n\n"But the drones - our fighters-"\n\n"I grounded them yesterday," you remind him. "The quarantine!" There's no time to talk anymore. [[Now is the time for leaving.]]\n

<<silently>><<set $Choice to $FirstChoice[0]>>\n<<set $SecondChoice to $FirstChoice[1]>>\n<<set $ThirdChoice to $FirstChoice[2]>>\n<<set $FourthChoice to $FirstChoice[3]>>\n<<set $FifthChoice to $FirstChoice[4]>><<endsilently>>\n<<print "[[$Choice]]">>\n<<print "[[$SecondChoice]]">>\n<<print "[[$ThirdChoice]]">>\n<<print "[[$FourthChoice]]">>\n<<print "[[$FifthChoice]]">>

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<b>Jabulile Tshabalala</b>\n11/01/1992 (Age 31)\nPartner Jin Guangbiao (see below), no children.\nNo known health issues.\nZulu female, South African national.\n\nMs. Tshabalala is Assistant Professor of Social Work at the University of Johannesburg. Her work on multicultural integration, intersectional ethnography, and personal reparation has earned her a reputation as a leading intersectional theorist. She acts as an expert witness in criminal hate crime cases and advised the Driefontein Commission of Inquiry in the wake of the labour massacre there.\n\nJin Guangbiao (age 35) is Ms. Tshabalala's life partner; a former mine overseer in Mpumalanga who now works as a union organizer.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Jabulile Tshabalala" or $EMPTY3 is "Jabulile Tshabalala" or $EMPTY5 is "Jabulile Tshabalala">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Jabulile Tshabalala"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Jin Guangbiao"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Jabulile Tshabalala"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Jin Guangbiao"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Jabulile Tshabalala"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Jin Guangbiao"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

Dr. Kristian Ransom (age 48) is the husband of Petua Johnson-Poolar. Pediatrician.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Utopia Aerospace Corp is the world's largest private aerospace operation. We design, manufacture, and launch advanced spacecraft. The company was founded in 2015 by Dr. Leona Jones, former Director of the Biosphere 3 Project, with the aim of perfecting sustainable closed systems to enable people to live on other planets, as well as live better on this one.\n\n[[Back.|$return]]

<b>Phạm Han Ly</b>\n08/09/1982 (Age 37)\nMarried to Phạm Văn Hùng, no children. \nDairy allergy.\nVietnamese female, Vietnamese national.\n\nMadame Phạm is an upscale tailor in Hoi An Town, Viet Nam as well as a material futures consultant with Stylus International. An innovator in new gen silk hybrid fashion, Madame Phạm nevertheless keeps a low profile and has avoid being recruited by the more mainstream Western fashion industry, despite many rumoured offers. Madame Phạm is also under contract as a consultant for the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment.\n\nMadame Phạm's husband, Phạm Văn Hùng (age 38), is Junior Minister of Development and Cooperation with the Vietnamese Government. He has a degree in Economics from Princeton University.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Phạm Han Ly" or $EMPTY3 is "Phạm Han Ly" or $EMPTY5 is "Phạm Han Ly">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Phạm Han Ly"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Phạm Văn Hùng"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Phạm Han Ly"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Phạm Văn Hùng"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Phạm Han Ly"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Phạm Văn Hùng"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

Partner of Pablo Gerardo.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Luis Almeida, age 11. Son of Javier Almeida.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

"Mom! Mom!" You wake at the first urgent whisper. You fumble for the light, but Sammy's hand intercepts yours. "No. They don't know we're here."\n\nYour bowels go cold. In the pitch black, you feel the soft flesh of little Jen's calf dangling from Sammy's arms. <i>Why isn't she in her crib?</i>\n\n"The tests came back," Sammy mutters into your ear. "Cystic fibrosis."\n\nYou sit up in bed. Sammy has done the right thing, if Jen's genetic scan came back with CF. She might not even have until morning before Big Red came for them. Not only would Jen be declared unfit, but Sammy and Aiden would be pulled apart. Ella might be subjected to tests or worse as well. CF was a huge black mark on their genetic profile. Best case senario, Big Red would never let any of them breed again. Worst case...\n\n"You told me to come to you," Sammy tries to keep her voice low, but it's breaking up with fear. "If her tests came back bad. You have a plan, right Mom? You can do something?"\n\nNew Terra is so tiny a space. Only five new pods had been constructed since landfall - five in thirty years - and all five were controlled by the Reds for the Marsian Training and Education program. The children were well-kept there, taught a gauntlet of elite techniques designed to bring out perfection in the human form. Red graduates were impressive - and terrifying - examples of humanity. If they were fit to enter in the first place, which little Jen was not.\n\nBig Red would know about Jen's test results. You briefly consider hiding the child, but every inch of New Terra was known intimately to all 90 of her inhabitants. There was nowhere to hide a person.\n\nBut Jen wasn't the first child to come up with a negative genetic profile. Only the first to be born with a grandmother wth a talent for planning.\n\n"Take Aiden and go to Ainslin's pod," you tell Sammy. "I'm going to go get Ella. Tell Ainslin I said to show you the SubSpinner. That it's time to assemble the Greens."\n\n"What?" Sammy sounds mystified, so you give her a shove towards the door. \n\n"Do it," you hiss. \n\nSammy does what she is told, and Ainslin acts as quickly. By the time you have escorted Ella thorough the tark tunnels to the McCarthys' pod, six other people have joined you them. The only light in the pod is coming from a space below Ainslin's breakfast table where you know there is a subpod chamber and an illegal StoneSpinner.\n\n"We're all here," Ainslin tells you, and all eyes turn towards you. \n\n"It's time," you tell them. "We have three atmosphere suits and all the components ready for assembly. We have five hours before sun-up. Patrick and Zander are going to take the Spinner and a rover out a back exit via the subpod. They will clip together the new Pod over by the Sunrock and activate atmosphere systems. Then we will run members over there two at a time, known dissidents first. If we're not moved out by sun-up, the Sleepers will delay any Red in our quarter."\n\n"But won't they just follow us?" Sammy stutters. "They'll see the door and take rovers out to our pod. What's the point?"\n\nYou kneel next to the subpod and reach under the latch. You withdraw an iron barrel.\n\n"We're not hiding," you reply, screwing the barrel into a firing mechanism. "We're digging in. Sunstone is where we're making the stand."\n\n"War," Sammy says, although she has only heard the word in stories. You nod. It's close enough.\n\n"Only if they insist. But I didn't save Humanity just so someone else could condemn part of us. We need to get our of their fist first. We'll see what comes next."\n\nThe room shimmers with silent nodding. The first fight for your new world has come, and you are going to lead it.\n\nTHE END

You open the drawer of your desk with a quick prick and a DNA scan. Patrick is so busy ranting that he doesn't realize you're taking a pistol out; removing the safety. The cinematic click fails to catch his attention.\n\n"Patrick." You keep your voice low, force him to listen. He notices <i>then</i> that you have a gun trained on him, and wets himself.\n\n"Why.... why bother?" he asks, starting to shake. That <i>is</i> shock. "I'll be dead in 48 hours anyway."\n\n"Because I don't trust you not to tell. I can't have you ruin our chances at launching. I can't risk someone breaking in here and taking our ticket off this doomed rock."\n\n"Earth."\n\n"Yes, you're very human. Cookies for you. But you can't see the big picture and you can't do what you're told, so you're a liability."\n\n"You're a monster."\n\n"Maybe, but I am going to save humanity. I'm sorry, Patrick. I don't see another way."\n\n[[["Now get in the corner."|Blackmail]] [[[Pull the trigger.]|Boom]]

"I am not letting them die, Patrick. C/2019-41 is going to kill them. Just like it will kill you and me and your mother if we don't get those ships prepped and staffed before it gets here. Now, I want you to get back in the database and find me-"\n\n"But we could tell somebody. The UN. Governments. I dont know, Richard Branson. Maybe they can help. Maybe they have ships of their own. We can't sit on this information!" Patick is growing hysterical. He hasn't taken the pad from you.\n\n[[["We can not tell anyone."]|Forge Ahead.]][[["Telling anyone is risky..."]|Wavering]]

Johnny Stiles (age 33) is Trician White's long-term boyfriend. Journeyman Electrician.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<b>Marco Paul D'Agostino</b>\n09/21/1990 (Age 29)\nPartner Jean de Treville (see below), no children.\nBlack male, Italian national\n\nChampion freediver. Mr. D'Agostino has won the AIDA World Freediving Championship (free immersion apnea) for the last three consecutive years, and holds the world record in the same category (221m). Prior to entering the world of freediving, Mr. D'Agostino was an accomplished competitive swimmer with a best showing of bronze in the 400m butterfly in the 2015 Italian National Swimming Championships. By day, Mr. D'Agostino is a freelance wilderness photographer, often under contract to National Geographic.\n\nMarco Paul D'Agostino lives with his partner Jean de Treville in Naples, where Mr. de Treville works as a personal trainer. Mr. de Treville is also an accomplished freediver in the static apnea category.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Marco Paul D'Agostino" or $EMPTY3 is "Marco Paul D'Agostino" or $EMPTY5 is "Marco Paul D'Agostino">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Marco Paul D'Agostino"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Jean de Treville"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Marco Paul D'Agostino"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Jean de Treville"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Marco Paul D'Agostino"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Jean de Treville"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

To: Jones, Dr. Leona \nFrom: Astrophysics @ Reno\nDate: 15-10-2019\nSubject: URGENT observation\n\nDr. Jones,\n\nAt 3:22am on Tuesday, October 15th, 2019, Drs. Ainslin McCarthy & Donald Chung made the following observation while on shift at the UTO Space Telescope Institute on Utopia Campus, Reno, Nevada.\n\nC/2019-41, a significant asteroid first spotted by the new Ceres 'Scope last March, has changed course. We do not have the time nor data available at this time to establish why. C/2019-41 is now on a collision course with Earth.\n\nGiven the distance covered by C/2019-41 since last March, we estimate the asteroid will impact Earth's stratosphere in no more than 36 hours. C/2019-41 has the mass necessary to rip the planet apart. We have not modelled the exact extent of the likely damage, but there is no scenario in which the Earth would be left habitable. This is a big one.\n\nPlease advise immediately.\n\nSincerely,\n\nDrs. McCarthy & Chung\n\n***\n\nTo: McCarthy, Ainslin\nCc: Chung, Donald\nFrom: Jones, Dr. Leona\nSubject: Re: URGENT observation\n\nStay where you are. Patrick Chin will arrive momentarily. Please lend him you complete and unquestioning cooperation.\n\nLeona\n\n[[Back.|$return]]

Sister of Mirumoto Mishiko.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Paea Hori, partner of Areta Tiaho. Journalist.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

Dandanar Narain \n07/15/1999 (Age 20)\n\nVeena Narain's son is a student at Jammu University, Kashmir, where he is pursuing a Master's degree in flashplain ecology.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Phạm Văn Hùng is Phạm Han Ly's husband, and the Vietnamese Junior Minister of Development and Cooperation.\n\n[[Back.|previous()]]

Moira Jane Spitz, wife of Jacqueline Hoffmann.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<<silently>>\n<<set $FirstChoice to []>>\n<<set $position to 0>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Technological">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Artistic">>\n<<set $Options to ["George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Domestic">>\n<<set $Options to ["Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Technological,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Technological,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Technological,Artistic">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Technological,Domestic">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Artistic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Domestic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Artistic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Domestic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Artistic,Domestic">>\n<<set $Options to ["George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Technological,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Technological,Artistic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Technological,Domestic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Technological,Artistic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Technological,Domestic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Technological,Artistic,Domestic">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Artistic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Domestic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Artistic,Domestic,Social">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Artistic,Domestic,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Technological,Artistic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Technological,Domestic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Artistic,Domestic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<if $mix is "Technological,Artistic,Domestic,Social,Physical">>\n<<set $Options to ["Commander David Austen Richardson", "Gabriella Nunez Ascencio", "Jason Zhang", "Jaqueline Hoffmann", "Emma Paulson", "Veena Narain", "Areta Tiaho", "William Walter Leeman", "Jabulile Tshabalala", "Maja Džaja", "Marco Paul D'Agostino", "Hellen Chepkirui", "Ram Sastra Vardhana", "Kulsoom Abbasiazad", "Javier Almeida", "George Mitha", "Oluchi Otorogu", "Chooli Hayou", "Leon Burkhalter", "Larissa Zonov", "Mirumoto Mishiko", "Tatiana Badeaux", "Phạm Han Ly", "James Suluk", "Pablo Gerardo"]>><<endif>>\n\n<<display "arrayset">>\n<<display "arrayset">>\n<<display "arrayset">>\n<<display "arrayset">>\n<<display "arrayset">>\n\n<<endsilently>>\nYou give Patrick an hour, which he takes to the second. \n\n"There was no time... I... I came up with five likely candidates."\n\nIt will have to do. You flip through them. You will have to [[choose one.|FirstFive]]\n

Regan Khan (age 8), daughter of Emma Paulson.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<b>William Walter Leeman</b>\n02/15/1969 (Age 52)\nMarried to Janet Carrington-Leeman (see below), no children.\nMinor arthritis (medicated), high blood pressure.\nCausasian male, UK national.\n\nMr. Leeman is an award-winning historian, writer, and journalist. For the majority of his career, he has been a columnist for <i>The Guardian</i>, but in the wake of the huge success of his non-fiction books, including <i>A History of the World in Ten Courses</i>, <i>Isle of the Godless</i>, and the classic <i>The Professor's Last Climb</i>, Mr. Leeman has turned his full attention to the writing of histories. His books are known for their phenomenal scope and ability to pull together disparate historical events and perspectives into one coherent narrative. It has been said by his collegues at Cambridge that "Mr. Leeman knows virtually everything that ever happened and nothing at all of what is happening right now."\n\nJanet Carrinton-Leeman (age 58) is a managing editor with Verso Books, and a card-carrying Marxist.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "William Walter Leeman" or $EMPTY3 is "William Walter Leeman" or $EMPTY5 is "William Walter Leeman">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "William Walter Leeman"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Janet Carrington-Leeman"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "William Walter Leeman"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Janet Carrington-Leeman"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "William Walter Leeman"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Janet Carrington-Leeman"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

Lucky Lorde (age 2) is the youngest child of DeNay Lorde & Lt. Owen Morse.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Markus Lorde (age 15) is the son of DeNay Lorde & Lt. Owen Morse.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Jason White (age 10) is the son of Patricia White.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Claire McLaughlan (age 6) is the elder child of Moira McLaughlan & Cpt. Seamus McLaughlin.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Rayden Xuan (13 months) is the child of Oona Xuan & Lt. Ashley Xuan.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Jennika Lorde (age 6) is the daughter of DeNay Lorde & Lt. Owen Morse.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Oscar McLaughlan (age 4) is the younger child of Moira McLaughlan & Cpt. Seamus McLaughlin.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Son of Dr. Ainslin & Sean McCarthy. Age 13.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<b>Commander David Austen Richardson</b>\n12/31/1972 (Age 44)\nWidowed, no children. One dog, Rocky, a prize-winning fox terrier.\nMild obsessive compulsive disorder (under treatment). High blood pressure (untreated). Known anaphelactic shellfish allergy.\nCausasian male, Canadian national\n\nRichardson is a recently-retired Commander in the Canadian Military Engineer Corps. He was reponsible for building the RCAF's Arctic Submarine Research Facility, PARKA, in the early aughts. He now works as a private consultant under contract to the US Navy, assisting with a classified Antarctic Cephelopod research project.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Commander David Austen Richardson" or $EMPTY3 is "Commander David Austen Richardson" or $EMPTY5 is "Commander David Austen Richardson">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Commander David Austen Richardson"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Rocky, Fox Terrier"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Commander David Austen Richardson"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Rocky, Fox Terrier"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Commander David Austen Richardson"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Rocky, Fox Terrier"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

<<silently>><<set $TechTotal = 1>><<set $ArtTotal = 1>><<set $SocTotal = 1>><<set $PhysTotal = 1>><<set $DomTotal = 1>>\n<<set $EMPTY1 to "EMPTY">><<set $EMPTY2 to "EMPTY">><<set $EMPTY3 to "EMPTY">><<set $EMPTY4 to "EMPTY">><<set $EMPTY5 to "EMPTY">><<set $EMPTY6 to "EMPTY">><<set $DeadPat to "No">><<set $Blackmail to "No">><<endsilently>>\nYou put down <span class="char">[[Astro's report|Official report]]</span> when Patrick knocks at your office door. You're done with reading the bad news. It's time to hear something good.\n\n"Thirty people," Patrick says, his voice cracking. His eyes are puffy and red from crying. Yours are thick only with fatigue. "Immediate family are all accounted for. We're thirty people." He holds [[a pad|Crew]] out to you. You take it.\n\n"Six spots," you mutter, scanning the list. "We have six free spots on the [[ships|Ships]]." Patrick has filled out as much personal data as he could given how little time you allowed him. Medical histories, professions, cultural backgrounds, even some hobbies. There are fully ten children on the list. A whole third. "This is going to be one hell of a rough start," you say.\n\nPatrick looks lost. "Rough start?"\n\n"Half the colony is going to be babysitting," you sigh. "It can't be helped. We've got - what did Astro say? 36 hours to get a safe launch off. [[We need to get these spots filled. \n|ChoiceOne]]\n

<b>Leon Franz Burkhalter</b>\n02/14/1982 (Age 37)\nPartner Estella Goehner (see below), no children.\nCaucasian male, Swiss national\n\nArchitect with Herzog & de Meuron and two-time winner of Pritzker Prize. Mr. Burkhalter is a futurist of the new school, specializing in mixed-use landscapes and self-sustaining structures. His aesthetic has been dubbed "SolarPunk", mixing a green, whole-earth inclusive philosophy with cutting edge technology. \n\nMr. Burkhalter's life-partner, Estella Goehner (age 32) is a contemporary dancer and choreographer with Ballet Zurich.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Leon Burkhalter" or $EMPTY3 is "Leon Burkhalter" or $EMPTY5 is "Leon Burkhalter">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Leon Burkhalter"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Estella Goehner"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Leon Burkhalter"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Estella Goehner"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Leon Burkhalter"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Estella Goehnera"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

<<set $DeadPat to "Yes">><<set $SocTotal - 2>>Patrick empties out for real. \n\nYou lock the door to your office and pull up his research. You're going to launch and [[save your crew.|the third choice.]]

"<<print $EMPTY1>> has arrived, Ms. Jones," Patrick tells you. You nod.\n\n"Invite <<print $EMPTY3>> immediately. We're running out of time." You know you could just pick anyone, but you're determined to do this right. With so few people on the ships, any single person could make a world of difference to how - or if - you survive. It's all so precarious. <i>Everything</i> is so precarious.\n\n<<if $Risk is "Yes">>"I managed to schedule meetings with some of the people you specified as well," Patrick says, pulling up a list for you. Heads of State with whom you are on a first-name basis. Two of your competitiors. Deans at some of the best research institutions in the world. [[You get on the phone.|A Chance]]\n\n<<else>>"There's one more thing," Patrick says. "Some of the crew - they are asking if they can make phone calls. You know, to their sisters and brothers. Friends."\n\n[[["Absolutely not!"]|Hard line]] [[["Not until the last minute."]|the third choice.]]<<endif>>

"Contact <<print $EMPTY1>>, Patrick," you say, ticking off your choice. "For the next slot I want someone more-"\n\n"But-"\n\nHe stops and your ears ring with the silence between you. Patrick has never interrupted you before. Never. It must be important. "But?"\n\n"I'm sorry. It's just - the rest? The others? Some of the best and most talented people our civilization has to offer... you're just going to leave them behind?" \n\nYou see now, how Patrick's incessant blinking, his long silences, how these aren't just about shock or grief. \n\nHe's doubting you. He thinks you've made the wrong decision about the [[report|Official report]].\n\n[[[You decide to be firm. There's no time for philosophising.]|Shut Him Down]][[[You decide to explain. You need Patrick on side for this.]|Explain]]

Husband of Astophysisit 1.\nChemical Engineer, Bayer CropScience\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Most of the crew are up and ready anyway, unable to sleep through the last of their time on Earth. By the time you are all accounted for and loading into the shuttle bus, the shapes on the horizon are clearer. <i>They</i> have come in state of the art troop 'copters of a make you've only seen suggested at deeply exclusive trade shows. \n\n"Get in!" you hollar, taking two children in hand and shoving everyone on board. "Floor it!"\n\nThe bus pulls away with a jerk, piloted by one of your hot shots. You race accross the ship yard, bouncing and jerking violently as hot shot finds a quicker, more direct route. [[The 'copters are faster than you are.]]

Patrick looks like a puppy dog left outside in the rain, bedraggled and desperate and totally reliant on you to just open the door and let him in. You can save 36 people - is that even a viable gene pool? You exhale.\n\n"Fine. Get these people on the phone. As many of the right people as we can reach in the next hour. I'm going to keep evaluating candidates for our own ships in the meantime."\n\n"What about the media?"\n\n[[["For God's sake, not the <I>media</i>!"]|the second choice.][$Risk = "Yes"]] [[["Fine, yes, the media too."]|Screwed]]

Wife of William Walter Leeman.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

"Sit here, Mom." Sammy scoots over, little Jen in her lap, to make space for you on the cold floor of the Assembly chamber. You take her hand to help lower yourself, joints raging, into an awkward sprawl. Your knees don't bend right anymore, nor your hip flexors. It's the cold, you've always known. Like rubber, your body needs a little heat to stay pliable. There is no spare heat to be had in Terroire.\n\n"Did you put your name forth this year, Mrs. J?" Sammy's husband, Aidan, asks. Sammy shushes him. Nobody is supposed to know until they announce the candidates, but for the first time in thirty years, you didn't put your name in for Assembly consideration. \n\n<i>Too old</i>, you told Obike, but the truth of it is, you're just not interested. You haven't been genuinely interested in governance for fifteen years, but you kept stabbing at the seat out of spite. To show those old crones that you weren't going to just give up and be quiet. They might have turned everyone in the colony - <I>yes, it's a colony, despite what you preach</i> - against you, but you were still three times the leader any of them were, and you'd remind them of that each and every voting cycle - even if you never won the vote.\n\nBut not this year. The grudge had finally worn off. Maybe it was the birth of Jen or the fact that your youngest, Ella, had won a seat herself last cycle, but you just didn't care anymore. Terroire wasn't <I>your</i> Utopia, but it had turned out all right. Last year, the population had finally doubled. Everybody was fed, housed, and clothed. Terroire's children didn't know what they were missing when their projects weren't approved, or when they were assigned partners, pods, or tasks. They didn't know what freedom - not the freedom <i>you</i> had known - was. The important thing was survival.\n\n"It's okay, Mom," Sammy whispers. "You made the right decision." She places a hand on your knee and Jen leans in to grab a dangling lock of your hair, pulling mercilessly towards her mouth. Sammy gasps and scolds her, trying to disentanlge tiny baby hand from ropey hair. \n\nYou laugh. "It's all right, it's all right." You take the infant from her mother and give her a fatter lock to chew on. You want to hug her right into your belly, you love her so much. How could there be room for grudges anymore? Babies were born here - more every year. Humanity lived. What was a little cold, some hunger from time to time? You were all in this together.\n\n"Hush," someone says. The Assembly's three heads file into the room and kneel before you, the Herald following them. In her hands is a tablet with the candidates' names. You don't listen when she reads them out. \n\nTHE END\n

Thanks for playing my Beta! If you have any comments, critiques or feedback, I am happy to hear them! You can email me at mailto:charlotte@once-and-future.com or follow me on Twitter [[@CharlotteAshley|https://twitter.com/CharlotteAshley]].

Patrick Chin\nPersonal Assistant to Leona Frances Jones.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<b>Jaqueline Hoffmann</b>\n04/14/1986 (Age 33)\nMarried to Moira Jane Spitz (see below), no children.\nNo known health concerns.\nCaucasian female, Israeli national\n\nMs. Hoffmann is an Electrochemical Engineer with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Nagoya. Her work on carbon nanomaterial batteries has been widely published, and informs most current-day energy storage research. Ms. Hoffmann is a vocal environmentalist and minimalist. Her self-designed 400-square-foot, off-the-grid home has been featured in a variety of magazines and tv shows.\n\nMoira Jane Spitz was a Lecturer in Resource Management at Tel Aviv University until her move to Japan. She now teaches English as a Second Language and maintains a lively blog on tiny living.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Jaqueline Hoffmann" or $EMPTY3 is "Jaqueline Hoffmann" or $EMPTY5 is "Jaqueline Hoffmann">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Jaqueline Hoffmann"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Moira Jane Spitz"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Jaqueline Hoffmann"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Moira Jane Spitz"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Jaqueline Hoffmann"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Moira Jane Spitz"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

Ella is due to have her first child today. Your first grandchild.\n\nElla was slow to come around to the idea of children. The confines of the colony seemed to crush her when she was younger, and she believed for a long time that this was no place to raise a child, no place to have a life. You tried to bouy her spirits by telling her it wouldn't always be like this, that her children, or their children, would have more. The 3D printers were spinning out expansions 24 and a half hours a day. \n\n"More what, Mom?" she had shot back, so angry. "More tunnels? More pods? More of this unending <i>sameness</i>? I don't want <i>more</i>. I want <i>different</i>."\n\nYou'd tried to explain that the uniformity she hated was the key to the colony's functionality. Everything plugged in to everything else. The bugs came pre-fixed by Utopia's team back on Earth. The new expansions - the tilapia ponds, the daycare - were built on the same principals to the same design. Functionality over form: that's why everything functioned.\n\nElla didn't care. Not her priorities.\n\nYou don't know when she got pregnant, or by whom - assuming she didn't just go to Dr. Ransom's bank. Suddenly she just was. \n\n"What changed?" you asked her. She shrugged.\n\n"I'm going to fix this myself," she said, which you have been suggesting for years. "My child is going to be different. We're going to do things differently." \n\nShe said it like a threat, but you can only smile. <i>Good.</i> Things will be different for the next generation, and the next one. You've spent thirty years barely hanging on, the last remenents of humanity hanging on to a colonial vision forged decades ago on another planet. The Marsborn kids see a totally different place.\n\n<i>It worked.</i> Mars colony - the Marsborn called it Podtown - was now a hundred and fifty robust, healthy people. It wasn't pretty, but you were alive. \n\nAnd if Ella and her children do things differently? Maybe it will be pretty some day too.\n\nTHE END

[[30 Years Later...]]

Partner of Marco D'Agostino.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

"Patrick, if word about this gets off Utopia's campus, the only thing that is going to happen is that it will be on Twitter before you get off the phone. They would be at our gates in minutes. Black helecopters with mean men will requisition our ships. None of us will be on them."\n\n"But that's just what <i>we're</i> doing-"\n\n"No, Patrick, it isn't. I founded Utopia to build a better future, and that is what I'm going to keep doing. They have never invested in, or cared about, our future. The world we will build <i>will</i> be better than the one they would salvage." You stare him down. "Help me build that better future, Patrick. [[Find me the best people you can.|the second choice.]]"

Dr. Ainslin McCarthy - co-discoverer of C/2019-41. Astronomer.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Dr. Donald Chung - co-discoverer of C/2019-41. Astrophysisist.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Kalum Eriksson (age 45) is Michael Eriksson's husband. Emergency Medical Technician and former medic with the United States Airforce.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<<if $Blackmail is "Yes">>Patrick said nothing for the first week after launch. You didn't think anything of it. The first day was too full of tears, hysterics, and collapse. By day two, wrung out and drained, people started reaching out to learn about their new neighbours. Video terminals were left open continuously. Somebody was almost always chatting with somebody else from another ship. But not Patrick. You didn't see him once.\n\nAt the beginning of the second week of your voyage, <<print $EMPTY3>> confronted you in your cabin. "I've been talking to Patrick Chin," they said. "We have a problem."\n\n"'We'?" you asked.\n\n"Yes. All of us." They looked at you pointedly. "Including the pilot."\n\nYou didn't need to ask what that meant. They had been talking behind your back - every single member of the colony. These people who did not know you - who owed you their lives - decided you were a monster and a tyrant. That you needed to be "dealt with" now, before the ships landed on Mars. \n\nThe pilot had exclusive full-system access to the ship, unless you could get into his cabin and log in to your own profile. Nobody was keen to help you do that - not even your husband.\n\n"This is just temporary," Obike said, obviously scared. "Just stay in your room like they want. We'll sort it out after we land. They can't keep you locked up forever. Not with so few of us. They're just angry. It will pass."\n\nThat was five years ago. They did everything without you. The landing, the pod assembly, the community meetings and the Constitution. They formed a Triad - as if you could split power over 3 dozen people three ways! But they did. Nobody asked you. You were not allowed to speak. You were confined to your pod for five long, hard years.\n\nBut Obike had been right. It did pass. On the 5th Anniversary of the colony's founding, the Triad asked to see you. Nobody had been to see you except, in the early days, your husband; and more lately, just your daughters. You were starved for company, and you agreed.\n\n"We need you," they admitted. "There are too few of us to let one of our best and brightest languish in prison."\n\nYou could have cried then. You wanted to spite them, refuse for the five years you had lost. But that wasn't the kind of person you were. You were prepared to see the job done.\n\n"Is everything alright?" you asked, aware only of Sammy and Ella's child-like versions of events. \n\n"Yes," said the leader, her look softening. "After all - you chose well. But we can do better. If we all pull in the same direction."\n\nSo they let you out.\n\nTHE END\n<<elseif $DeadPat is "Yes">>"Where's Patrick?"\n\nEveryone is looking at you. You can't even tell them he has another place to be, some other obligation. He's either here, or he's dead. If not by your hands, then when the rest of the world goes. \n\n"We have to board. It's time to go." You ignore them; bull ahead. Now is not the time to work out personal grievances, however legitimate. The crew are all terrified, grieving, or panicking. Patrick had been managing them. The newcomers don't even know who you are.\n\n"We can't go without Patrick," says <<print $EMPTY1>>, who you wouldn't have pegged as a bleeding heart. "His <i>mother</i> is here."\n\nYour eyes range to the back of the little crowd facing you, where the formidable Mrs. Chin is glaring at you. She never liked you. Nobody has moved.\n\n"C/2019-41 will be here in <i>twenty-four hours</i>," you insist. "If we don't launch <i>now</i>, the shockwave will ruin our course beyond the ships' ability to compensate. We only have an hour or two wiggle room. <i>We go now</i>."\n\n"What have you done with my son?" Mrs. Chin asks, more angry than upset. Everybody waits. You don't have time for this.\n\nYou pull the gun out of your pocket and everybody moves at once, like a swarm of ants. Everybody but Mrs. Chin, who still hasn't moved.\n\n"Everybody get on the bus," you tell them, pointing the gun at Mrs. Chin. We're going out to the ship yards. We are going to get on those ships. We are <i>leaving</i>."\n\nA few people shout and others cower. Mrs. Chin still doesn't move. "You are bringing a gun?" she says. "You killed him. You killed my son."\n\nHer stoicism seems to be rubbing off. People group up again, closing ranks in front of Mrs. Chin. You assume a firing stance, to show them you are serious.\n\n"I wasn't going to bring the gun," you start, then stop. It's too late to try to defend yourself. "Obviously, I need it to keep you idiots grounded. If we don't get on that ship, it won't be me that kills you. <i>Move.</i> Now."\n\n"Put down the gun, Leona." It's your husband, Obike. You ignore him too.\n\n"I'm going to count to three," you say, like you have to with your kids. "One-"\n\nSomebody in the front lunges. You don't have time to register who. One of the pilots, probably. Military type. You drop the barrel and fire towards the ground, but there's a fist flying towards your face and when it impacts, you can't tell the crack from gunshot. You go down like a bag of sand, face down. You hear screams, shouts, cries, movement, and chaos while your head spins. You seem to have let go of the gun. That's bad.\n\n"Mrs. Chin! Mrs. Chin!" Voices repeat the old woman's name, some urgently, others desperately. You wonder why nobody is helping you up. You're unarmed now, for God's sake. \n\nYou get your bearings enough to push your cheek off the ground and spit some blood. You turn and look over your shoulder.\n\nMrs. Chin stands over you. The barrel of the gun is two feet from your face. "Hold on-" you say. But she doesn't let you finish.\n\nTHE END<<else>>\n<<if ($TechTotal > $SocTotal) and ($TechTotal > $PhysTotal) and ($TechTotal > $ArtTotal) and ($TechTotal > $DomTotal)>>[[Thirty Years Later...|TestEndTech]]<<elseif ($SocTotal > $TechTotal) and ($SocTotal > $PhysTotal) and ($SocTotal > $ArtTotal) and ($SocTotal > $DomTotal)>>[[Thirty Years Later...|TestEndSoc]]<<elseif ($PhysTotal > $TechTotal) and ($PhysTotal > $SocTotal) and ($PhysTotal > $ArtTotal) and ($PhysTotal > $DomTotal)>>[[Thirty Years Later...|TestEndPhys]]<<elseif ($DomTotal > $TechTotal) and ($DomTotal > $PhysTotal) and ($DomTotal > $ArtTotal) and ($DomTotal > $SocTotal)>>[[Thirty Years Later...|TestEndDom]]<<elseif ($ArtTotal > $TechTotal) and ($ArtTotal > $PhysTotal) and ($ArtTotal > $SocTotal) and ($ArtTotal > $DomTotal)>>[[Thirty Years Later...|TestEndArt]]<<else>>[[Thirty Years Later...|GenericEnd]]<<endif>><<endif>>

<<silently>><<set $CompleteFirstChoice to "No">><<endsilently>>\n\n"I don't think we can find six single people, or people willing to leave their families," Patrick says. "Maybe you can pick three people with promising dependents..."\n\nYou nod. "Yes. I'll give you some parameters. Bring me the best people you can find that fit and I will pick one? We'll approach them one at a time, see who believes us. Who we can get in time."\n\nPatrick snuffles and nods, doing what he is told, which is what he does best. This is why you are [[Utopia's|Utopia]] CEO and he is your assistant. He rubs his eyes.\n\n"I know, okay?" You tell him. "But whether or not we survive to grieve will depend on getting those ships launched before the rock gets here, okay? Now isn't the time to feel, Patrick. Now is the time to think."\n\nYou glance over the crew roster again, deciding which skills you'll need to get a fresh start on humanity.\n\n<<checkbox $mix "Technological">>\n<<checkbox $mix "Artistic">>\n<<checkbox $mix "Domestic">>\n<<checkbox $mix "Social">>\n<<checkbox $mix "Physical">>\n\n<<button [[Find Candidates|1stSearch]]>>\n\n\n\n

<b>Pablo Juan Gerardo</b>\n06/16/1975 (Age 44)\nPartner Daniela Blanche (see below), no children.\nPossible alcoholism.\nSecoya (?) male, Ecuadorian national.\n\nMr. Gerardo is a leading authority on the medicinal botony of the Equadoran Amazon Rainforest. He and his partner live in an indiginous Secoya village, though it is unclear whether or not Mr. Gerardo was born there. His education is equally vague, but his publications on the medicinal properties of what he terms "Shamanic plants" pass serious scientific and medical muster, despite the problematic reputations of the journals he publishes them in. It appears that he holds the patent to several medical compounds derived from his "shamanic plants", and is worth, personally, a great deal of money. He is under contract to several competing pharmaceutical companies.\n\nDaniela Blanche (age 42) is an Equidorian nanny from Puyo. She speaks Spanish, Portuguese, English, and Japanese, but not, oddly, Secoya.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Pablo Gerardo" or $EMPTY3 is "Pablo Gerardo" or $EMPTY5 is "Pablo Gerardo">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Pablo Gerardo"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Daniela Blanche"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Pablo Gerardo"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Daniela Blanche"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Pablo Gerardo"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Daniela Blanche"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

<b>Javier Antônio Lopes Almeida</b>\n05/29/1992 (Age 31)\nSeperated, son Luis Augusto Mariano Almeida.\nBlack/latino male, Brazilian national\n\nMr. Almeida is the current middleweight Ultimate Fighting Championship world champion. Mr. Almeida is a master of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Capoeira, Muay Thai, boxing, and Thai Chi. He is noted for his relaxed, non-theatrical style as well as his good sportsmanship and ability to pull a punch. Mr. Almeida is known to be a pacifist and came under media scrutiny for his derisive comments about the role of the police in maintaining order during the 2016 Rio de Jeneiro Olympics. His comment that "we fight in the ring so we don't have to fight in the streets" was taken up by many activists worldwide.\n\nMr. Almeida is estranged from his ex-wife, but has custody of their 11-year-old son, Luis Almeida, this weekend.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Javier Almeida" or $EMPTY3 is "Javier Almeida" or $EMPTY5 is "Javier Almeida">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Javier Almeida"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Luis Almeida"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Javier Almeida"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Luis Almeida"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Javier Almeida"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Luis Almeida"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

Commander Richardson's prize-winning fox terrier.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

They're right on top of you, circling for somewhere to land. You wonder why they haven't shot you to pieces yet, then realize it isn't you or the children they're afraid of hitting, but the ships. \n\nThe last of your crew leaps off the bus and you bolt after them towards your ship and your family. You're the last one on, and you see your husband at the hatch with his arms outstretched. \n\n"Stop!" an amplified voice behind you demands. You don't stop. [[That's when the only shot is fired.]]

Husband of Oluchi Otorogu.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

DeNay Lorde (age 45) is the girlfriend of Lt. Owen Morse. Author of two published novels, a chapbook of poetry, three children and debts.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

"Set a press conference for one hour," you tell Patrick. "No hint of what this is about. Tell them we've made a discovery. And get all quarantined crew on those ships now. I want them fueled and ready to launch before the press get here."\n\nPatrick only nods, but his mood has obviously improved. By the time the press arrives an hour later, he is almost chipper. After twenty-four hours of locking people down, obsessing over data and grieving over the end of the world, the regular hum and excitement of the oblivious press is a welcome fantasy. \n\nYou take your place at your podium, wearing the same rumpled sweater and jeans you were wearing when Astro called you in before the sun was up a day ago. You hope your dishevled appearance will lend weight to your message. \n\n"Thank you for coming," you start as reporters hit buttons and tap excitedly at devices. You explain how big the sky is, and how little of it is monitored on a regular basis. You tell them about how, just this week, Astro turned the LongEye telescope just a fraction of a degree and opened billions of light years of uncharted space for the first time. You explain how they found C/2019-41 before they'd even had the chance to calibrate for deep-space viewing, because it was that close.\n\nWhen you pause before delivering the payload of this conference, one eagre reporter takes it as an opening for questions.\n\n"Will civilians be able to see this new comet?" he asks, live-Tweeting simultaneously. "Can we get the coordinates so interested amateurs know when and where to watch?"\n\n"C/2019-41 is on a collision course," you state flatly. \n\n[[The room explodes.]]

"But sure, but what if..." Patrick watches you as he flounders for words, hoping you'll confirm the <i>rightness</i> of what he's about to say. "If even one other person or government or company has ships like ours, has the capacity to save more people, Ms. Jones? We only have space for thirty-six people. We could be forty. Fifty. A hundred, maybe. Isn't that worth the risk?"\n\n[[[Maybe it is worth the risk.]|The Risk]] [[["I won't risk losing everyone."]|Forge Ahead.]]

A thousand questions. Phones buzzing and scoops being loudly phoned in to employers. They're still excited.\n\n"Where will it hit? How extensive will the damage be? What can we expect? What can be done?"\n\n"Nothing," you say, not bothing to raise your voice. "All projections show a ruined or destroyed planet. Our team recommends evacuation."\n\nOnly a few of them seem to get it, what this means. It's out there now, on Twitter and the web, in the air and on their tongues. \n\n"How many can Utopia take?" someone asks, someone who gets it.\n\n"Five more. Maybe four," you reply. That's when the room goes a little quieter, when some people start to understand. There are ten times that many people in this room alone. \n\nNear the back, someone slips out. A few people notice and follow, which sucks the rest of them towards the door.\n\nYou call security, but nobody answers. You glare at Patrick, who has gone still. [[You knew this would happen.]]\n

Dr Leona Frances Jones\nCEO, Utopia Aerospace Corp.\n\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<b>Dr. Emma Paulson</b>\n08/23/1979 (Age 39)\nMarried & separated (see below), one child, Regan, age 8.\nCrohn's disease (treated with diet).\nCaucasian female, American national\n\nDr. Paulson is a biologist and ecologist with the Biosphere 3 project in Colorado. She is currenly in the middle of a 2-year mission inside the Dome. Her research on the role of algae in closed systems led to the development of the strain of <i>Chlorella </i> currently being used sucessfully in the Siberian Dome. \n\nDr. Paulson smuggled her then-7-year-old daughter, Regan, into the Biosphere 3 just before the airlocks were sealed, leading to the dissolusion of her marriage and the understanding that she will be released from her position at the University of Colorado when the Dome is unsealed in 2020. Dr. Paulson is as unconcerned by these repercussions as she was by the loss of her Addamson Grant in 2011, when she was caught lying on her application in order to bring her then-newborn daughter with her to the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Research Station.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Emma Paulson" or $EMPTY3 is "Emma Paulson" or $EMPTY5 is "Emma Paulson">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Emma Paulson"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Regan Khan"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Emma Paulson"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Regan Khan"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Emma Paulson"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Regan Khan"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

<b>Jason Zhang</b>\n04/14/1996 (Age 23)\nSingle, no children. Often lives in the care of his sister, Natalie Zhang.\nUndiagnosed autism spectrum disorder, untreated obsessive compulsive disorder.\nChinese male, Canadian national\n\nMr. Zhang is a tissue engineer currently under contract to us here at Utopia. Since beginning his involvement in the additive materials community in 2010 at the age of 14, Mr. Zhang has been a key figure in the development of 3D printing technologies for almost every major biotech corporation in the world. He is understood to be the inventor of the fiber-based substance, MoriFirm (now used universally in construction); and was very likely the progenitor of GeneFill, used in organ printing. Our biotech labs contracted him to help develop the Marsian composite materials which feed the printers our colony kits are dependent on.\n\nMr. Zhang can be difficult to work with.\n\nNatalie Zhang (25) is a lab technician at Radiant Research. She has taken on the role of being her brother's keeper, and left a more lucrative position at the University of Toronto, Canada in order to follow her brother here to the desert.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Jason Zhang" or $EMPTY3 is "Jason Zhang" or $EMPTY5 is "Jason Zhang">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Jason Zhang"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Natalie Zhang"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Jason Zhang"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Natalie Zhang"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Jason Zhang"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Natalie Zhang"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

<<set $Blackmail to "Yes">>\nPatrick deflates. He sags, exhales, leaks. "You wouldn't."\n\n"<i>I</i> haven't done anything, Patrick. Will you?"\n\n"I- I-" He's struggling, but you have all the cards. You don't give him time to think.\n\n"I'm going to fill these ships. Sit in the corner and wait for me to do so, and you can come too. So much as <i>touch</i> the doorknob and I will fill your spot - and your mother's."\n\nPatrick looks at you with loathing. "The Queen's taking prisoners?"\n\n"Oh, grow up." Patrick looks as if he was expecting more fight than this, some kind of final battle. Instead you point at the corner like he's a naughty child who has disappointed you. Like a naughty child, Patrick goes, half-chastened and half-petulent.\n\n[[You pull up Patrick's research yourself|the third choice.]], keeping a wary half-eye on your assistant. He stares right back.

"Patrick, I don't know why you are having trouble with this, but I will not explain this to you one more time. We must maintain quarantine. Word of the disaster can not get out. So, no, they may not make phone calls." Patrick looks shifty, like a bad liar. "<i>You</i> may not make any phone calls."\n\n"I - I think-" he stammers. "I think you're being too harsh. They won't tell anyone, I'm sure of it-"\n\n"Patrick, do your God damn job or-"\n\n"Or what?" He laughs nervously. "You'll fire me? Kick me off the ship? You're going to kill me because I think people should be allowed to have final moments with their loved ones?"\n\n[[["Don't test me."]|Pat the Rogue]] [[["Of course I won't."]|the third choice.]]

Moira McLaughlan is the wife of Cpt. Seamus McLaughlin. Stay-at-home mother & homeschooler.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Fatima Mitha, wife of George Mitha. Cellist.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Pablo Esmelin Ascencio, husband of Gabriella Nunez Ascencio.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<b>James Suluk</b>\n11/06/1968 (Age 51)\nWidowed, one adult daughter, Liza Suluk (see below).\nMetal knee from replacement surgury, minor arthritis.\nInuit male, Canadian national.\n\nMr. Suluk is the chair of Habitat for Humanity Iqaluit, Canada. Also a Master Carpenter, Electrician and Locksmith, Mr. Suluk won a large settlement with the Canadian Government over the accidental death of his wife in a Peace River Oil Sands operation, and dedicated his life to building housing infrastructure in Canada's far north on a volunter basis. His Northern Housing Kit design won the EDRA "Great Place" Award in 2015. Mr. Suluk was awarded the Order of Canada in 2017.\n\nMr. Suluk's daughter, Liza Suluk (age 21), is apprenticing as on oil burner mechanic in Iqaluit and has been building houses with her father since she was nine.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "James Suluk" or $EMPTY3 is "James Suluk" or $EMPTY5 is "James Suluk">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "James Suluk"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Liza Suluk"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "James Suluk"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Liza Suluk"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "James Suluk"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Liza Suluk"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

<b>Mirumoto Mishiko</b>\n3/02/1970 (Age 42)\nSingle, no children. Lives with sister Mirumoto Yumi.\nLost one breast to cancer (2014), now in remission.\nJapanese female, Japanese national.\n\nMs Mirumoto is head chef at the celebrated Azure 45 restaurant at the Hotel Ritz in Tokyo. She specializes in a fusion of traditional French and molecular gastronomy with a retro-future aesthetic. Prior to her tenure at Azure 45, Ms Mirumoto ran the kitchen at Mange Tout. Ms. Mirumoto speaks English, Japanese, French, Korean and Mandarin fluently, but has the eccentric policy of conducting her kitchens in a fusion language of her own creation.\n\nMirumoto Mishiko has lived her entire life with her sister, Mirumoto Yumi. The second Ms. Mirumoto is a homemaker and avid gardener. The elder sibling credits her sister with helping her to create some of her signature dishes, which are based on hybrid vegetables bred by Yumi.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Mirumoto Mishiko" or $EMPTY3 is "Mirumoto Mishiko" or $EMPTY5 is "Mirumoto Mishiko">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Mirumoto Mishiko"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Mirumoto Yumi"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Mirumoto Mishiko"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Mirumoto Yumi"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Mirumoto Mishiko"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Mirumoto Yumi"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

Partner of Leon Burkhalter.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

Daughter of James Suluk.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<<silently>><<set $TooLate to "Yes">><<endsilently>>\nEvery one of them laughs first, nervously. Then you give them the coordinates and tell them to look themselves.\n\nThe kind ones finish the conversation politely, citing the need to talk to some people. Some hang up on you. One comes to the same conclusion you do.\n\n"How many can you take?" he asks, knowing about the [[ships|Ships]]. An admission of corporate espionage no longer matters. You tell him.\n\n"And you?"\n\nHe makes a strangled noise. "Can I come with you?"\n\nYou stand after hanging up the phone for the last time. "Come on, Patrick," you tell him. "We'd better get ready to launch."\n\n"Now?" he says, alarmed. "We're not scheduled for launch for another 34 hours!"\n\n"I'm not getting screwed when the black helecopters show up. Word is out. We have to go now." You think of your daughters on the ships. \n\n"But what about the last spots?" Patrick asks.\n\n[[["There's no time."]|Quick escape.]] [[["Fine, let's fill them quickly."]|the third choice.]]

Charlotte Ashley

Mother of Tatiana Badeaux.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

<b>Chooli Hayou</b>\n11/24/1979 (Age 40)\nPartner Jennifer McMaster, no children.\nHistory of anorexia nervosa, possible agoraphobia.\nNavajo female, American national.\n\nMs. Hayou is a master Navajo weaver and current artist in residence at the Appalachian Center for Craft. She is an authority on all aspects of this traditional Navajo art, including carding, spinning, dying, loom construction and, of course, weaving. Her blankets hang in most major art galleries world-wide, with individual samples routinely selling at auction for seven figures. Despite her artistic success and love of teaching, Ms. Hayou will not engage groups of people larger than a dozen or so. She spent much of the early 21st century in isolation, seeing only her life-partner, Jennifer McMaster.\n\nMs McMaster (age 33) is a painter and illustrator. Her illustrated edition of <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> won the Caldicott Medal (2016).\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Chooli Hayou" or $EMPTY3 is "Chooli Hayou" or $EMPTY5 is "Chooli Hayou">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Chooli Hayou"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Jennifer McMaster"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Chooli Hayou"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Jennifer McMaster"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Chooli Hayou"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Jennifer McMaster"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

<<silently>><<set $Choice to $FirstChoice[0]>>\n<<set $SecondChoice to $FirstChoice[1]>>\n<<set $ThirdChoice to $FirstChoice[2]>>\n<<set $FourthChoice to $FirstChoice[3]>>\n<<set $FifthChoice to $FirstChoice[4]>><<endsilently>>\n<<print "[[$Choice]]">>\n<<print "[[$SecondChoice]]">>\n<<print "[[$ThirdChoice]]">>\n<<print "[[$FourthChoice]]">>\n<<print "[[$FifthChoice]]">>

<<silently>><<set $Choice to $FirstChoice[0]>>\n<<set $SecondChoice to $FirstChoice[1]>>\n<<set $ThirdChoice to $FirstChoice[2]>>\n<<set $FourthChoice to $FirstChoice[3]>>\n<<set $FifthChoice to $FirstChoice[4]>><<endsilently>>\n<<print "[[$Choice]]">>\n<<print "[[$SecondChoice]]">>\n<<print "[[$ThirdChoice]]">>\n<<print "[[$FourthChoice]]">>\n<<print "[[$FifthChoice]]">>

<b>Tatiana Badeaux</b>\n04/30/1987 (Age 32)\nSingle, no children. Lives with mother, LaSheena Faillard.\nNo known health issues.\nBlack female, American national.\n\nMs. Badeaux is a midwife and social worker with the Nurse-Family Partnership in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. In 2018, she delivered 92 babies in some of the poorest, least-accessible regions of the Bayou Lafourche, and provided pre and post-natal care to twice as many families. Ms. Badeaux was awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal for her service in 2017. She was cited for her extrordinary willingness to brave trecherous conditions, adversarial clients, and political opposition to care for mothers and their babies. Ms. Badeaux has been shot twice on the job.\n\nMs. Badeaux's mother, LaSheena Faillard (age 48), is a line cook at a the seafood chain, Beck's. She has three sons younger than Tatiana with whom she has limited contact.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Tatiana Badeaux" or $EMPTY3 is "Tatiana Badeaux" or $EMPTY5 is "Tatiana Badeaux">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Tatiana Badeaux"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "LaSheena Faillard"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Tatiana Badeaux"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "LaSheena Faillard"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Tatiana Badeaux"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "LaSheena Faillard"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

Mother of Hellen Chepkirui.\n\n[[Back|previous()]]

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<b>Maja Džaja</b>\n06/16/1993 (Age 26)\nSingle, lives with widowed father Drago Džaja (see below).\nOne prosthetic leg due to childhood injury.\nCroatian female, Croatian national.\n\nMs. Džaja is a former actor and model turned disability rights activist and documentary filmmaker. Despite the often controversial nature of Ms. Džaja's films, the celebrity status she achieved in her teens for her role as "Bianca" in the cult vampire TV show, <i>Blood of the Ancients</i>, has turned every one of them into a hit and generated significant political traction for her issues - mainly disability rights, disarmament, and veteran rights. \n\nMs. Džaja's father, Drago Džaja (age 62), is a general contractor, though he is often unable to work due to continued PTSD which developed after his family was bombed and mostly killed in Sarajevo during the Yugoslav War. \n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Maja Džaja" or $EMPTY3 is "Maja Džaja" or $EMPTY5 is "Maja Džaja">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Maja Džaja"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Drago Džaja"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Maja Džaja"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Drago Džaja"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Maja Džaja"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Drago Džaja"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

<b>Kulsoom Abbasiazad</b>\n10/24/1992 (Age 27)\nMarried to Behdad Abbasiazad, no children.\nHigh blood pressure (under treatment), suspected infertily issues.\nPersian female, Iranian national.\n\nMs. Abbasiazad, famously the "World's Strongest Woman", appeared on the weightlifting circuit as soon as the Iranian Weightlifting Federation lifted their ban on female competitors in 2017 and has dominated the sport ever since. Prior to the ban lift, she had been competing as a man, getting as far as being chosen as an alternate for Iran's 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympicic heavyweight (105kg) team. As a woman, she competes in the 75kg. After coming out in 2017, Ms. Abbasiazad, in parnership with her sponsors, launched a champaign aimed at young Muslim girls, encouraging them to enter into sports seen as less "feminine". The "Big is Beautiful" campaign continues today. Ms. Abbasiazad is a passionate and articulate ambassador for women's sport.\n\nMs. Abbasiazad's husband, Bahdad Abbasiazad (age 35), is a pharmacist.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Kulsoom Abbasiazad" or $EMPTY3 is "Kulsoom Abbasiazad" or $EMPTY5 is "Kulsoom Abbasiazad">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Kulsoom Abbasiazad"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Fatima Mitha"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Kulsoom Abbasiazad"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Fatima Mitha"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Kulsoom Abbasiazad"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Fatima Mitha"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>

<b>Ram Sastra Vardhana</b>\n08/02/1966 (Age 53)\nSingle, no children. Has been keeping the monestary's dog, a llasa apso named Arya, for the last 14 years.\nNo known health problems.\nTibetan male, Indian national.\n\nRam Sastra Vardhana is a Tibetan Buddhist monk in the Vajrayana tradition. A master of the Yogic art of Tummo, he has gained some renown in the scientific community for his ability to change his autonomic nervous system and immune response through meditation. Among the abilities he has exhibited is the ability to control his histamine response to known allergens (poison oak, bee stings, pollen) and his ability to control his body temperature under extreme conditions. Master Vardhana is an enthusiastic teacher who is pleased to teach Tummo to others, so long as they follow the path of Dharma. He will not be parted from the monestary's Temple Guardian, an aged llasa apso dog named Arya.\n\n<<if $EMPTY1 is "Ram Sastra Vardhana" or $EMPTY3 is "Ram Sastra Vardhana" or $EMPTY5 is "Ram Sastra Vardhana">>[[Back.|previous()]]<<else>><<if $CompleteFirstChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 2][$EMPTY1 = "Ram Sastra Vardhana"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY2 = "Arya, Temple Guardian"]] [[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteSecondChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Conversation 3][$EMPTY3 = "Ram Sastra Vardhana"; $CompleteSecondChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY4 = "Arya, Temple Guardian"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>>\n\n<<if $CompleteThirdChoice is "No">>[[ Add to crew. |Launch][$EMPTY5 = "Ram Sastra Vardhana"; $CompleteFirstChoice = "Yes"; $EMPTY6 = "Arya, Temple Guardian"]][[ Keep looking. |previous()]]<<endif>><<endif>>