JDY Fiction - Habitat

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Habitat - Prolog

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Habitat - Chapter 1

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The divers had been down for some timeand Matt was getting a bit worried. But the divers popped up one at a time,with Gills last. As usual, he kept an eye on the surrounding area when anyonewas entering or leaving the water. Instead of going up onto the barge, Gillsswam over to the landing craft.



[COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Matt quickly lowered the ramp andBridget flipped the diving ladder down so Gills could climb aboard. Gillsturned quickly and watched as the [I]Marissa

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Progress was swift now. A separate crew was installingthe ocean current electrical generating system. The lines were already laidfrom that site to the habitat site, and the internal wiring was almostfinished.



Then the work slowed considerably. Stanley pulled most ofthe diving crew off the job, without telling Gills and the others that werestaying anything other than they would finish the habitat on their own.



Two of the barges left with the other divers, leaving theprimary diving barge and one barge that held the final components of thehabitat. Matt became a regular member of the crew, and the lone guard as theothers worked on the exterior of the habitat. When the work was inside, hegrabbed whatever tool was needed and lent a hand.



Marissa had taken to assisting Bridget on the GreenDragon as well as using one of the two Triton 1000 2-person mannedsubmersibles the Marissa carried to help with some of the construction.When the other divers left, they took two of the three submersibles that hadbeen working on the habitat.



[COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Stanley was livid most of the time. Marissa

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[COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Gills winced. He shouldn

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Habitat - Chapter 4

[COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Gills came to an hour later. He groaned loudly, andopened his eyes. To his great surprise, he wasn

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The triple redundant snorkels thatbrought fresh air down and the three that brought up the stale air from below,would shut off in an instant if the lines were cut or the barge did, in fact,tear away. Or a wave washed over the aerodynamically constructed barge.Everything was designed to shut down and seal off if the waves were such thatthey began to roll over the barge. It was better than having it try to climbevery wave and then come crashing down.



It would ride shallow waves, but onceheavier waves pushed it against the anchors, it would simply stay in positionand let the water roll over it.



Heavy electrical cables snaked down intheir own triple redundant casings from the barge to the habitat. The habitatcould, if need be, be powered from a surface ship, in particular, the Marissa.Even the Phoenix 1000 submarine could supply enough power running on thediesels on the surface to give time to evacuate the habitat if all the internalsystems went down. Which had even more redundant modes than the surfaceconnections.



There were strongly built antennas fora variety of frequencies, and the barge was wired with just about everyenvironmental and physical event sensor made, including weather sensors, radarand sonar. The habitat also had powerful sonar of its own. Deep below, thehabitants would be able to keep a wary eye on the sea and everything around thearea of the habitat.



[COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]With his leg the way it was, Gills letthe others handle all the transfers and arrangements to get the supplies,equipment, and people down into the habitat before darkness fell. Gills spentthe time in the giga-yacht

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Habitat - Chapter 5

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[COLOR=black][FONT=Times New Roman]Gills called over his shoulder forMarcus to take one of the bags. There was no response and Captain Arenesen tookthe bag from Gills.

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