Escape Pod 848: An Incident on Ishtar
An Incident on Ishtar By Brian Trent Her family tried very hard to never use the word “crazy” with her. So therefore, they didn’t say it was crazy that she was applying for a Venusian post as Tier 3 Balloon Specialist. She tried explaining her reasons to them: I have valuable skill-sets for the Ishtar colony. They countered: you don’t do well with people. Her response: there are only 612 people throughout Ishtar’s nine modular habitats. There are 2.1 million people here in San Antonio. Venus is…
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