F-307-Lia: Secretariat Building

OK.

There is no outer airlock for this dock – hence the respirators.  The outer doors have windows in them at regular intervals and from the outside the dock probably looks just like any other part of the building.

Inside the dock is warm for the short walk to Farbello’s aerostat – a large luxury vehicle in Vizierate livery with blacked-out windows and eight vectored thrust pods studded around it.

A uniformed Vizant stands by the open door to the passenger area.  Warden Farmer takes a seat in the separate driver’s cabin and Warden Mills moves to another smaller vehicle nearby.

Farbello greets the Vizant and leads Lia into the aerostat limousine.  The Vizant closes the door behind her before moving around to the driver’s seat.  Air hisses from internal vents to pressurise the cabin.

Outside the aerostat, the outer door swings up.

Farbello asks, “business out of the way first?”