life on the moon 1

"I believe you are making a wise choice." Hrishi says when you tell him that you have decided to stay. "The trip to the Kaa ship would be very dangerous and they might refuse to help you in any case. It is unfortunate however that we have so little extra to share with you in both space and resources"

He's right about that. For the first week you sleep in an airlock, while digging a new tunnel for your bedroom during the day time. You use and old fashioned pick and shovel, carrying cartloads of moon dirt outside. When your small hole is made, the Lunans show you how to make it air tight by carefully wetting the walls to make them smooth and then applying fire to them.

After you have a tiny space to call your own, Hrishi asks you what sort of work you would like to do while you live here.

"Because you are from earth and have done farming before, you might be well suited to work above ground in our domes tending our food crops. This is a very important job, although perhaps a little dull.

Another option is working on our tech team. They need an assistant, but your background as an earthling, means you may not advance very far there. However, they would like to use one of you because of your brief experience piloting a kaa ship. They have room for only one person, however, so both of you cannot join."

Do you become a moon farmer?

Or do you join the tech team?.