GREGORY LOOKED UP FROM the stack of papers on his desk. Most of the project information was in digital form on the Ark computer system, but the printouts were summaries of the project statuses. Each sheet represented one project for the city's technological personnel. There were a LOT of sheets.
He stabbed the intercom button and made a throat-clearing growl. "Ann, where the hell is the rail-gun summary? And where are we getting the exotic metals for the ram-scoop project?"
The intercom made a little feedback hum, and Ann responded. "The rail-gun summary is on page R-632, which you get tomorrow, and the metal supplies you are talking about is coming down from one of the final Canadian shipments out of the ice zone. After that, we will have to see if there is anything available in what is
