<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/cd/Professor_Dr._Alon_Gadi.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name:</strong></td><td> Professor Alon Gadi</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td> Heading towards the science block</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> <strong>Marcus Grimm, Micah Armstrong</strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing: </strong></td><td><strong> Discussing the terraforming process</strong></td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>Once the smell had subsided, Alon took a deep breath, tasting fresh air for the first time in what felt like minutes, but had actually been several months. He knew the safety precautions and kept his suit on until the all clear for all of the stations had been given. It would be unfortunate to be caught in a sudden pressure drop unaware. He then turned to Marcus and Micah, having pulled them off to the side.<br/><br/><strong>"Just call me Alon. There's no reason to be so formal Marcus, we're on a new planet, there's really no reason to follow social norms like those. Anyways, the reason that I called the two of you over was to discuss the importance of your roles in the long-term future of the colony. The eventual mission, as the two of you know, is to terraform the planet, and to make it suitable for human and animal living. If there's even a possibility of some type of society developing here, it can't develop indoors. Because of this, the two of you are among the most essential personnel that we have for the long term goals of the colony.<br/><br/>"Because of this, I'm going to need reports from the two of you, assessing how far we've come in the process of terraforming the martian surface, and how much more of the process we have left. Micah, from you I'm going to need the highlights of the daily meteorology report, as well as weekly, monthly, and annual reports, outlining the general patterns and changes in the martian atmosphere. In addition, analyze a kilogram of martian soil each week for its composition, and send me reports like with the meteorological data; weekly with details, and then monthly and annually with general trends. If you notice anything you think is important in the data, make sure to point it out in your reports.<br/><br/>"As for you Marcus, you basically have the same duties, to send me reports on your process. You're going to have to tailor the animals to suit the environment, seeing as it will be slightly different from Earth's even after being terraformed. I need their optimal environments based on the chemical makeup of the atmosphere, the soil, their diet, etc. In addition, I will be sending you Micah's reports as well as reports that I'll get a botanist to write up, so that you have a theoretical environment to compare your species with. That's all for now; it should be a light day, so we'll all be able to relax later. Don't exert all of your energy today, it's only the first one. Once again, congratulations."</strong><br/><br/>Finishing with that, Alon made his way into the Science Block, (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=148924.msg6753143#msg6753143) heading for his lab.