<div class="floatleft">(http://filmsdefrance.com/img/Jeremy_Irons.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name:</strong></td><td>Nigel Woodridge</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td>Down the ramp</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> The Second Lift</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td> Getting to work</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>Nigel walked down the shuttle ramp and took in the view.  Stark, but very different from the moon.  Rather than black and gray, the almost pastel colors of the landscape and the sky were far more comforting.  He suspected that he would grow used to the view far faster than he had at Imbrium base.  He damn well better get used to it, he thought to himself.  He was going to be here for the rest of his life.<br/><br/>He wore the orange environment suit of a member of the military, yet he had no rank.  In fact Nigel was a civilian, but had for years been a consultant to the US military and had the highest security clearance.  He worked well with the military, but had no desire for rank or authority.  He had been offered a commission several times, and had always turned it down with thanks.  He was willing to be subject to the chain of command, but the trappings of military rank did not interest him.<br/><br/>He waved to the small group waiting for them, then turned and went over to the cargo hatch which had opened simultaneously and looked over the containers waiting to be unloaded.  Good.  The one he had designated was there.  Hopefully it wouldn’t be needed, but better safe than sorry.  The margins for error here were tiny, much smaller than they had been at Imbrium.  On the moon there was always at least some chance for rescue from earth.  Here, they were entirely on their own.<br/><br/>He then accessed his implant, made sure he was connected to the Colony net, and sent a message to Oberleutnant Holtzmann.<br/><br/><em>Lena, I have something you need to see.  I’d like to meet you in the reactor control room at your convenience.</em><br/><br/>He was her backup for operation of the reactor, and he had noticed something when he accessed the monitors from orbit that he wanted her to be aware of.<br/><br/>He began helping unload the cargo containers from the shuttle.