AN OUTPOST OF PROGRESS? #4

Sevastopol: An Outpost of Progress?
By Julia Jones

AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE

Seegson has now cut its losses and is set to abandon Sevastopol. This is yet another sign of the retrenchment that is rife throughout the sector. Some days it has felt as if corporate pride was the only thing keeping this troubled station in orbit above KG348. Living aboard this station today, it's abundantly clear that Seegson has gambled wildly with both its own investment and that of banking corps such as GeoFund Investor.

The ill-judged rush into Space Colonization, its hubris and its over-expansion, have cost our second tier corporations dearly. Weyland-Yutani, with its extensive financial and technological firepower, can weather these storms while its lesser rivals fall away. Even The Company, however, must hear alarm bells ringing as it looks towards these fading orbital outposts.

WY's ongoing investment in terraforming research technology looks increasingly shrewd, as it watches each of these distant lights blink out…