Part Two: Temple of the Winds: Chapters 6 and 7 Summary

The message board is blinking when Hutch returns to the ship. Allegri tells her that she will help to coordinate the evacuation of the fourteen people on the planet. She wakes when Richard's transmission comes the next morning. He wants as much time as possible to get into a yet unexplored site under the Temple. Hutch is told that Melanie Truscott is in charge from the orbiter, Kosmik Station. A ring of ice is being pushed into place around the planet from Bellatrix V by tugs and will be used to provide additional water. So far, it is the only planet with gravity that isn't too extreme as is the case on Pinnacle, or that is not already occupied such as Nok. Hutch talks to Melanie who makes sure...