<div class="floatleft">(http://Paste URL of character avatar here)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name:</strong></td><td>Zara Karlsson</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td>Hydroponics lab</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td> Alone</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td>Looking around</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>It had been a few hours since we landed and got settled in and I watched the researchers start the process of planting all the crops and foods. It would take weeks before we had fresh produce. Plenty of time to get this base secure I thought. The whole lab here looked really high tech and I was amazed at the possibilities. Not only would the crops not require any normal soil, they also grew faster and some fruits a lot bigger. Back on earth I had seen olives the size of golf balls and onions the size of footballs.<br/><br/>How would they ever weed the grains wearing this suit? These gauntlets would destroy the fibers. Not to speak of the nuisance of actually making food. I really hoped they would get this base secure pronto. Baking pies and bread is insane in this suit. Most likely, because I can't start baking bread now, the food tonight would be ready made, deep frozen space junk. Not the kind of food Daniel or me would like to produce. But alright, it's probably some start up issues.<br/><br/>Back on earth Daniel and me had discussed what to cook and bake and we had a pretty clear idea. He was in charge of all kitchen work though and he had to place the orders on what we needed for that day so if I wanted to make something I had to let him know so he could get me the ingredients. In terms of hierarchy, I was just a civilian with no privileges at all. Soon though, the dining hall would be open and people would demand food and all we could offer them was... well nothing yet. Even the space junk food was still in crates and boxes and had to be sorted. Confident of the researchers here in the lab I went to the main dome and into the kitchen.