From: eaubry@citidas.triop.com <Ed Aubry>
To:   sengle@citidas.triop.com <Sabo Engle>
Date: 06.Jun.71
Subject: new moving schedule

Sabo, you've got to be kidding me! The new loading schedule has me
down for two six-hour shifts a day with only a 45 minute break! This
is for the new two weeks?  Next I suppose you'll tell me you're taking
all the lifter-bots off line, and that I'll have to lug those
microwave ovens around myself.

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From: sshepard@citidas.triop.com <Sam Shepard>
To:   sengle@citidas.triop.com <Sabo Engle>
Date: 10.Jun.71
Subject: moving schedule

This is -nuts-!  Why the hell do we have to keep moving the damn cargo
containers around the storage level?  Can't the damn suits make up
their damn minds where things are supposed to go?  I thought you were
in charge of this, boss -- so figure it out!  And -don't- give me the
damn excuse that "that's what the computer told us to do"... you used
that explination last week and look where it got us...

--- Shepard

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From: anelson@citidas.triop.com  <Abraham Nelson, Esquire; Director of
      Gravity Research Applications>
To:   sshepard@citidas.triop.com <Sam Shepard>
Date: 14.Jun.71
Subject: contain yourself

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Shehariah,

Do kindly do us the favor of not stirring up the locals too much, hm?
We are T-minus 31 days to the culmination of our efforts on this
station, and we cannot afford to have more attention drawn towards us
and our facility on the Science Level.  Really, the way you continue
to go on about your trifling duties makes you sound like a Calabite.
Just go and hibernate in your little cabin and watch Shal-Mari porn;
as long as you're around when we need you, I don't care what you do in
your off-hours.

Aram
Leader, Controller, and Director of Dimensional Gate Project #55731
Ever-Loyal Servitor to the Prince of Technology

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From: bdeitric@citidas.triop.com <Benjamin Father Deitricht> 
To:   lamond@vatican.va <Craig Cardinal Lamond>
Bcc:  vericola@broadsword.vatican.va <Giovonni Monsignor Vericola>
Date: 16.Jun.71
Subject: Biweekly Report, 6/1/71 - 6/14/71

Your Holiness;

I continue to work among the crewmembers of Citidas Station,
attempting to foster interest in the Church and encourage good works
among the station personell.  However, there continues to be a marked
decrease in mass attendence and confession which troubles me.  Despite
my efforts to increase hope, promote trust, and encourage dialouge
between people, an environment of mistrust and despair continues to
grow.  I respectfuly request guidance and suggestions on how I can
counteract this decline futher.  Lord willing, we shall be able to
rectify the situation soon, and remind the station's inhabitants to
the light of the glory of God's works.

May the Grace of God be with you always,

Benjamin Father Deitricht
Assigned to Citidas Station

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From: bdeitric@citidas.triop.com <Benjamin Father Deitricht>
To:   vericola@broadsword.vatican.va <Giovanni Monsignor Vericola>
Date: 16.Feb.71
Subject: Addendum to Biweekly Report, 6/1/71 - 6/14/71

Most Holy; 

The following is an addendum to my report to the Cardinal of the
Orbital Sphere.

The emotional situation is continuing to slowly degrade among several
sections of the station's staff, despite my efforts to quell the tides
of dispair and frustration that are rising among the crew.  Although
it has not yet become widespread, I have recieved reports from Ian,
Virtue of Lightning, that there have been several minor incedents of
violence among the humans that required supression.  Based on
observations, I suspect the presence of a Punisher or a Liar among the
station's crew, provoking these negative emotions above and beyond
normal responses.  Due to my Role's duties, I have been unable to
investigate as thoroughly as warranted, even when taking time out to
serve as a counselor visiting private quarters.  Incedents of
Disturbance have become reduced to almost negligable levels, which
likely indicates that the Diabolicals on the station are waiting for
some event to culminate, such as the formation of a Tether to Below.

As to the other members of the Host on board the station, my
association with the Virtue, Ian, has been a godsend.  Through our
weekly discussions in confession, we have been able to serve as check
and balance for one another, sharing information and verifying our
mutual emotional stability.  I cannot say the same for Irpeel,
Intercessor of Flowers; she has taken to avoiding us when she can, and
I suspect that she may have become Discordant in the interviening
months.  As I have not seen her in celestial form since arriving on
the station, I cannot confirm this, and I recommend petitioning
Judgement to send an Investigation Triad to double-check her state if
at all possible, as my own efforts to do so have been hindered.  I
have been informed that several other members of the Host are en-route
to Citidas by Kafziel, Most Holy of Saturn.  Hopefully with their
assistance we will be able to resolve these situations with all due
process and efficency.

Sempir Vigilis,

Bedsodeiah,
Elohite in service to our Lord Commander

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From: ascheurs@tsunami.skylink.net  <Alex Scheurs>
To:   bscheurs@security.citidas.triop.com  <Brian Scheurs>
Date: 18.Jun.71
Subject: Missing You

Dear Brian; 

Glad to hear that everything's still working out for you on the
station; it's good to know that there's people like you working to
"protect the earth from the scum of the universe". *laugh* (Damn, I
love that movie.)  Lil' Tommy's been going around the house with a
little toy zap-gun pretending he's you and shooting alien invaders.

Still, we miss you, your mother especially so.  We'd send you one of
her raspberry cream pies that you've always liked, but I don't think
corporate shipping would be able to keep them preserved -that- long.
But you know mom; she'll figure something out, and I'm sure you'll get
a care package one of these months when we can get enough money
squared away for shipping that far out.

Take care out there 'round Saturn, Brian.  We love you, miss you, and
hope to hear from you again soon.

Love, Dad.

<<<***ARASAKA DECRYPT***>>>

Legal proceedings continue against TriOp with regards to the Gravity
Generator situation.  The specs you obtained were sufficent evidence
to convince -us-, but the TriOp legal department's stonewalling ours,
calling into question how we got copies of their data for comparison.
They may start a crackdown on Citidas to try and plug the leak; take
care to cover your ass.

However, there is something of a bright side to this.  Several
interesting rumors our boys came across on the 'net: -somebody- in
TriOp was doing some pretty heavy political maneuvering before Citidas
was brought online, and there's been some suspicion that he or she
with some confederates might be going behind their Board of Director's
edicts even today.  That'd match up with what you mentioned about the
military hardware and the protected labs.

If this is true, TriOp's security'll be sniffing around for -them- as
well.  Their company can't afford having InterSpace poke around and
accuse them of violating the various strictures that the regulatory
commision has set up -- not when it'd kill their corporate image and
cause them to lose their liscences for space construction.

[EOF]

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From: rmelville@citidas.triop.com <Rex Melville>
To:   writchie@citidas.triop.com <Willard Ritchie>,
      sysadmin@citidas.triop.com <Citidas Station Systems Administrator>
Date: 22.Jun.71
Subject: Computer slowdowns

Willard, what's up with the computers?  My team's trying to perform
that medium-range spectroscopic analysis of Saturn's moons, and it's
taking -four- times as long as expected.  What gives?  I thought you
said the hardware upgrades you requested last month would be in by
now...

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From: writchie@citidas.triop.com <Willard Ritchie>
To:   rmelville@citidas.triop.com <Rex Melville>
Date: 23.Jun.71
Subject: Re: Computer slowdowns

You're not the only one who's complaining, Rex.  Several of the
science teams have brought this to my attention, and I'm working on
the problem by doing the old "nice -19" solution, cutting down on
everybody's processor allocation equally until we can get a handle on
this.  And yes, some new CPU nodes and upgrades for the old ones will
be coming in on the 29th.  We should get some relief for the problem
soon after, once they're installed.

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From: gstack@citidas.triop.com <Gunther Stackhouse>
To:   medical@citidas.triop.com <Medical Announcements>
Date: 26.Jun.71
Subject: Coldsleep, Medical Equipment, and New Arrivals

In preparation for the arrival of the crew rotation from Earth on June
29th, I would like a complete diagnostic evaluation made on the
medical bays and autodocs on the Medical Level and the First Aid
stations on the other levels.  Coldsleep wakeup is a standard
procedure, as you all know, but I'd like to take this opportunity to
double-check our equipment, in case we have any unforseen
difficulties.  While the autodocs are good for beginning and
intermediate first aid, they are not a replacement for human
interaction, and we have had to treat several supposedly minor
injuries and illnesses that became excaberated when employees tried to
use the autodocs incorrectly for treatment.  Please see my wife for
staff assignments for First Aid Station checkout.

-- Dr. Stackhouse