"That’s impossible!” Ion screamed.

Ion wasn't the only one. Employees of the Imperial Aeronautics and Space Agency and all associated organizations and sub-agencies also cried out in alarm. The reason was simple. The Pantheon had just ordered the immediate construction of a space station in Avartin's orbit.1

Therefore, a massive emergency meeting of all the space agency's employees was held.0

“To meet the target, we need to increase our current rocket payload tenfold every month or launch ten more rockets.”0

“We haven’t even gotten to reliable manned rocket flights yet. We stopped using Sepi as a test subject just two months ago. There are too many risks involved.”0

“There’s also the issue of the asteroid's orbital path. We can’t use several launch sites for the next two months. It might be better to build new ones.”0

“New launch sites? Do we even have any potential locations left?”0

“Sure, if Night Sky floats an island in the sea for us.” joked a secularist, eliciting laughter from the crowd.5

Initially, the discussions were nearly all shouting, but as the hours-long meeting progressed, other possibilities began to emerge.0

“Speaking...3