MARS—NANEDI CITYThorpe and Braxton looked at each other as they stepped out of their first-floor office on Bradbury Blvd. in still-empty Nanedi City. They walked west for a block and stopped at a building with a lettered sign running across the front, halfway between the roof and the tops of three double doors spread across the building front. It read: Nanedi City Portal Terminal.
“I guess we are ready to commence the process,” Thorpe said.
They entered the building through the middle set of doors. The inside setup was designed to funnel people through three lines past a receiving desk and then out through the three double doors.
“Once we start,” Braxton added, “it will be a continuous stream until we have processed ten-thousand folks.”
“Have we missed anything?” Thorpe asked. “I have
