Twenty years, you spent at the service of science. The engines of the first Mars landing, the plant that launched the first solar sail to the heliopause, they've been solely your hard work, and then... and then these bureaucrats, "all credit cards and no brain", decided that it was better to surround themselves with obedient dogs. Of course, breaking your boss’s nose didn’t help! Bottom line, you ended up repairing robot-tractors in Ohio, waiting for an opportunity to prove your worth. Now, the day has come: the Ark foundation needs someone who knows how to get to the Sun, and when it comes to skill, your name is at the top of their list. At your return, everyone will acknowledge what you're worth.
The Arcadia is a project of the Ark Foundation, which manages the knowledge and assets of the heirs of Jonah Ark, the inventor of cryogenics at the heart of the Ark project and interplanetary travel. Jonah Ark knew what it meant to be the best, and he knew how sometimes talent doesn't come with discipline.
Scientists dream of achieving big things: Engineers build them. The AI can acquire data, make calculations, and do predictive analysis, but only those who know the spaceship bolt by bolt can be systems Engineers. They know the sensibility, perceive the labored breathing of the spaceship even before the alarms go off.
