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Deep Space Settlement - 12. DSS Chapter 12

After a lot of deliberations, the locations suggested by the USA were rejected, because there would be the same issues regarding US visa’s, which has been a major issue in the past few years, so this left the locations on Bermuda.

The British government has already guaranteed that all staff visiting the UN would be granted a visa, so now it was just a matter of which site.

With the issue of safety and security for all that work at the United Nations, and with the new design, provided by Sahndrol, both locations would be ideal. The site closest to the Capital is 14 kilometres by road to the Airport terminal, while the Paget Island site is a short boat ride and 7 kilometres to the Airport terminal.

In the end, it was Paget Island that was chosen for the new site, because it was an island, and also reasonably close to the Airport. At 36 acres in area, the island had a centre area, that is approximately 12 acres in area, that is already mostly cleared, and would be the location of the new United Nations Complex, as it has been designed by Sahndrol Architects.

The remaining 24 acres will remain parklands for the UN staff to enjoy, and the jetty on the south-west side of the island near the middle, will be made bigger and stronger, and a fence will be built around the island, just 20 metres in from the water's edge to provide additional security.

All but one large house and one cottage on the western end of the island will be demolished to make way for the new building, while the heritage-listed Fort Cunningham, will not be affected by the new building, and will later be fully restored.

With the decision for a new location made, a copy of what the complex will look like and its outside layout was delivered to the Bermuda government, so they had an idea on what the new complex would look like, and this was made available to the residents of Bermuda, for them to make any comments or criticisms before construction begins.

Once again, most of the construction will take place in New Zealand, and then a Sahndrol Cargo ship will travel to Earth to assist with transporting all the sections and assisting with putting them together, and it was estimated that it would take 9 months to complete the construction of the new compound.

A report done by a committee put in charge of coordinating the move to the new Headquarters, has stated that it would take a total of three weeks to have everything and everyone relocated. It was decided that for two weeks, all business in the United Nations Headquarters would be suspended, so as to allow for the move, and to allow all the staff to settle into their new apartments.

At 1240 kilometres South-East of New York, it was decided that all United Nations staff would be transported to Bermuda on a chartered Cruise ship, which will take all of them in one go, and it would take 1 day and 11 hours for the journey, arriving at 0700 hours local time, which is an hour ahead of New York.

Four days after that is to happen, all office furniture, office equipment and documentation that has been packed up and loaded into shipping containers will be loaded onto a cargo ship and will take all of that to Bermuda, where the containers will be off-loaded, and the crates inside are transported to Paget Island by barge.

This will give the UN staff a chance to settle into their new accommodation, and have a look around the islands, before getting back to work, and getting settled into the new UN complex.

With the new complex being built from Sahndrol materials, it is guaranteed to be able to withstand any sized hurricane that may hit the region, because the building materials are so much stronger than conventional building materials on Earth.

When the new complex was completed, with the main building in the centre, now being the tallest in the whole of Bermuda, it can be seen from quite a long distance, and as the UN staff began to settle into their new surrounds, they began to get back into a routine and were soon applauding the Sahndrol people for a magnificent complex and a wonderful location.

Although the United States government was not too pleased about the UN being relocated away from New York and the United States, it is still reasonably close by, so as not to be too much of an inconvenience for them, and the rest of the member countries were saying that they are extremely happy with the new complex, especially with the quality of accommodation for everyone.

In a way, Martin Lenegan was also happy with the location, as it meant that the Sahndrol Earth base is not that far away either, with the distance being just over 1100 kilometres away to the South West of the Sahndrol Islands, which is just a short journey in the mini shuttles.

With the Earth Base and now the UN Headquarters relocated, the Sahndrol High Council wanted to concentrate on matters within the United Republic of Planets, and with a large metals mine located on one of the smaller planets around Jupiter, now providing all of the building materials for any new building projects, there is plenty to do, with expanding the Sahndrol Colonies, and the enlarging the space station that circles Mars, and expanding the Space Research and Training Academy on Mars.

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Copyright October 2018 Preston Wigglesworth All Rights Are Reserved
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Great story to go along with the first story Deep Space Journey. I’m impressed with the decision that Lucas made about leaving Sahndrol for good, although the decision was the only option left to him after being told that he would no longer have anything to do with earth or any of the projects he still had in the works. I’m glad that the United Nations went ahead with the vote to move the United Nations Complex to a different location with the assistance of Lucas having provided the plans for the new complex and the promise of the materials being produced on Sahndrol and then shipped to earth where it would be built by Sahndrol people, although when Lucas left the High Council had said that the United Nations project was being canceled. Then when the United Nations went ahead with the vote after they were told that the project would not happen, there was a request made to the High Council to please provide the needed materials and people to build the facility. The request was granted and the location of Paget Island in Bermuda was chosen the United Nations was told it would take nine months to complete, once it was completed the staff would have two weeks to get everything packed and shipped to Bermuda then transported by barge to the island where they would get everything set up and ready for the United Nations business to resume. Also during the 2 weeks the United Nations is shut down the staff will have the opportunity to explore the island and get settled into their new apartments. I’m sorry that the United States was upset by the move but they wouldn’t provide the Visas required by visitors who come to the United Nations also the complex was starting to be a great concern for security reasons.  The United States had been an opportunity to have the new United Nations Complex built in their territory but they wouldn’t be willing to provide the Visas for the visitors to the United Nations. 😃:2thumbs::worship:

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I really enjoyed this second story of the ongoing relationship between Earth and the Sahndrol people. This is a character rich story with a terrific storyline and a depth of emotion and drama, which was a tribute to the original story. I’m hoping that there’s a third installment at some point in the future. The relationship between the two civilizations still has a long way to go. Thank you for another amazing story! 😃❤️

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Does’t anyone who read this story, want to write a review?

I would be interested in receiving some feed back on this second story of my sci fi story.

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Shame about Lucas being ousted as i quite liked him... but still loving the story. He Quokka, iff I wrote a review it would be a little unfair as I love your work. I ave tried to write a story based around space and intergalactic but have failed dismally so far. I love the whole concept that you have created and how the characters draw you into the story. Looking forward to reading more tonight ( I know there is more out there just waiting for me). 🤗😂

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Really felt that this chapter was almost a vindication for Lucas in that what he was trying to accomplish was done so and he got a position that will at least allow a limited ability to travel back into space.

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