29 Ming-Mei leaned against the wall of the hallway and rubbed the bridge of her nose. Even after nearly two years, it was strange to feel one so much thicker than the nose she’d been born with. “You haven’t forgotten where you’re going, have you Dylan?” Micah Heywood, Draconis’ Manager of Engineering Development gave her a light punch on the shoulder. “It’ll be good to have all of Solaria up and on its way so you can get some sleep, huh buddy? I can’t believe you missed the department-heads meeting this morning.” “Yeah, Micah, I’m taking some vacation time as soon as Solaria reaches GEO and the collectors are deployed. It’ll be a while before we can get things configured for the first energy transfer and my team can handle most of that without me.” “Good stuff. We all love the image of

