This is what was on the screen when the nine o’clock production meeting struggled to separate the two watch sections that were coming and going. Vic was standing at the front with
Deirdre and Holly. Section Leader Miles frowned.

“I don’t mind going with some of the below-the-fold item’s like the Galley Grub Good To
Go (GGGTG) when we don’t know what is going on. The major conflict is still wobbling in some sort of pause and some general progress in at least starting to talk.”

Vic had his straw Panama clamped tight on his head as he grabbed the remote and clicked it

“We have nothing useful to add to the chaotic narrative at this point. There are still IRGC hardliners running what we understand is a government, so this could unwind quickly. More Marines are arriving so there could be some surprises. In the meantime, here is a tool my
Dad designed in the mid-1960s. This is how he thought we would be magnetically hurtling around. Looks like the way we would get to the Artemis II splashdown site off San Diego.”

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