The SpaceR board of directors had had a contingency in place for many years in case something terrible happened to the CEO, such as death or an intransigent refusal to face a changing reality. So the Board moved swiftly, with much personal regret but great business determination, to remove the now-not-quite-so-popular CEO and replaced him with someone considerably younger and almost as dynamic. Twenty-four hours later the new CEO’s helicopter landed on the Argus, the ship-manufacturing vessel of the BrainTrust.
A smiling young woman escorted Matthew Toscano, the new CEO of SpaceR, and his Chief Engineer, Werner Halstead, through the ship to their meeting place. The Argus, like most of the isle ships, rendered the passageways of each deck with a different theme. Matt felt like hunching dow
