Gerlach Station was not all that big - a simple O'Neill cylinder in design, with a length of merely four kilometers from one end to the other, and a diameter of a single meter across.  On even the busiest traffic day, an accomplished freerunner - such as Vercile - could make it from one end of Gerlach to the other in under half an hour, and easily in under an hour.  The station was organized into various pyramidal-shaped arcologies, each one nearly one kilometer high, and a quarter of that across.  Placed inbetween these large blocks of transhumanity were various bioreserves designed as habitats for animals whose genestocks had managed to survive the Fall.  One day, the leadership of Gerlach declared, when Venus was successfully terraformed, these animals would run free again on the Venusian surface.<br/><br/>Walking along the paths through the arcologies towards the starport where they'd been instructed to meet the Firewall courier about the<em>Hacienda del Sol</em>, both sentinel and recruit would be able to see a swirl of multicultural influences present - thanks to the independent nature of Gerlach.  Most of the stations in orbit belonged to the Morningstar Constellation - but Gerlach had chosen not to sign the constitution that created the Constellation.  As far as the inner system went, Gerlach was one of<em>the few</em>places where - mmmm, yes, it was so easy to smell the exotic taste of Extropian cuisine as they walked by the open stalls and shops.  Extropian cuisine had really taken off here, as had fashions from beyond the Belt - Titanian influence reigned.<br/><br/>They were nearing the spaceport now, and the board which detailed the ships held at docking ports was easy enough to find, as was the listing for the ship in question.  All they needed to do was go up to the door and offer the password, which Lucy would know.