Book 4: Chapter 9: Group Building
Bob
August 2333
Virt
I looked around at the crowd in my library, uncertain if I should expand my floor space for the occasion. This was enough people to make my VR hardware sweat a little.
“Okay, everyone,” I said in a loud voice. “Let’s get started. Everyone knows me, Bill, Will, and Garfield. Guys, these are the people who’ve volunteered their time and/or their groups’ time to help out with the expedition planning. I figured we all ought to get together and formalize things.”
I motioned to my left, to a Bob with a floppy conical hat perched on his lap. “This is Gandalf, representing the Gamer group. They have volunteered to come up with a plan for getting some drones into the megastructure, and later to get some androids in.”
“Preferably without setting off alarms,” Gandalf said with a grin.
“That would indeed be preferable. Are you still leaning toward the hitch a ride plan?”
Gandalf nodded. “Nothing better has presented itself.”