Part 1 of a new story…
The first thing I noticed when I arrived on Jupiter Line 9 Station—or JL9 as most people called it—was the vibration. Well, I noticed the gravity too. I’d been in one-eighth gee for the past two years, and now I was at 0.8, near Earth gravity, and even with my biosystem compensating, it was hard to keep my balance or catch my breath. I leaned against the wall just inside the main docking port, now feeling the vibration through my whole body instead of just my feet.
“You’ll get used to it.” A voice said. I looked around, not seeing anyone. “I’m JL9, the station AI. You can call me Jupil. Most do. Should I call you Kirin, or do you want to go by Watkins, Engineer Watkins—.”
“Kirin is fine.” I cut the AI off. My transport ship’s AI was chatty too. It was all the rage in-system, and apparently now reaching the outer planets. I preferred the polite, almost butler-like AIs we had out in the asteroid belts, but we didn’t have as much time to chat as they do in these more stable environments.