Stern view of ByChem Moneyspider, tethered to the moon-station Snobol
ByChem Moneyspider is a Gas Mining Refinery Ship registered as a research ship by the ByChem Corporation, under the command of Captain Akizk Taark Kass. When chartered to the Belnafaer system, for the Venturi Project, it was anchored to a moon of dry ice called Snobol by a 16 kilometer long cable, in orbit around the gas giant Venturi. Moneyspider was modified to serve as a base of operation for the Venturi Project; to extract bio-chemicals -- namely Cys-DE (Cys-DiEropadyne) and Meta-TI (Meta-Thilphidone) -- from the upper atmosphere of Venturi, by a a high-atmosphere floating extraction platform called Jetsom.
Crew
The crew is divided into three groups: The core group operates on Moneyspider; teams Alpha and Beta takes shifts on the Jetsom platform. The teams rotate every 38 days -- when Snobol orbits the closest to Venturi.
A disaster relating to a substance called "Matrix" doomed the project and most of the crew.
Crew manifest:
| Name | Position | Race | Status[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akizk Taark Kass | Captain | Vrusk (male) | Deceased |
| Parl Kiopta | Co-pilot | Human (female) | Deceased |
| Ellen Coopermann | Chief Engineer | Human (female) | Alive |
| Baralou Ap-Reaverchan | Astrogator | Yazirian (female)[2] | Deceased |
| Tak-Arbork | Assistant Astrogator | Vrusk (male) | Deceased |
| Fiator Geauis | Technician | Dralasite | Deceased |
| Jetsom Team Alpha | |||
| Deed Fengall | Team Leader | Yazirian (female) | Critical |
| Hal Sinclair | Technician | Human (male) | Deceased |
| Atata Myera | Sape Handler | Yazirian (male) | Deceased |
| Akord Zon | Computer Operator | Vrusk (female) | Deceased |
| Jetsom Team Beta | |||
| Nimbrus Hool | Team Leader | Dralasite | Deceased |
| Daqor L. Klarr | Technician | Vrusk (male) | Deceased |
| Castuss Wallorr | Sape Handler | Yazirian (male) | Deceased |
| Midge Arma | Computer Operator | Human (female) | Deceased |
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