On May 22, 2440, construction accelerates at the Pennsylvania Reclamation Project near Oakmont, Verona, and Plum. Cal Mercer and Frank coordinate V’ren installation trainees, Ella Murphy tackles electrical integration, and S’rethi oversees site access and landscaping. As reclamation produces usable soil and additional workers prepare to arrive, the first sitio moves toward its June 4 activation.
At the Pittsburgh Reclamation Project, S’rethi and D’vann K’var adjust settlement plans as changing groundwater creates new springs and waterfalls. Matthew Marmaduke accepts their engineering judgment and suggests fish ponds. Meanwhile, Ella Murphy’s resentment over 219 newly recognized Freehold citizens exposes tensions surrounding ancestry, belonging, personal relationships, and the meaning of citizenship.
At the Pittsburgh Reclamation Project, S’rethi and D’vann K’var approve the first of three planned sitios, each covering nine square kilometers. Engineers begin marking a 625-block street grid and placing Wonder Foam foundations while preserving a natural depression for two-level underground garages. Meanwhile, construction crews continue preparing the operating base for occupancy.
Construction accelerates at the Pittsburgh Reclamation Project as S’rethi and D’vann K’var oversee Wonder Foam foundations, Quonset hut assembly, and essential utilities. Human and V’ren crews erect eight frames in one afternoon, bring a T-38 fusion plant online, and begin processing waste and river muck into useful materials for the future settlement.
On May 17, 2440, eighteen survey rovers disappear into a massive underground cavity beneath the Pittsburgh Reclamation Project. S’rethi and D’vann K’var coordinate geological stabilization using Wonder Foam, approve the first T-38 fusion plant site along the Allegheny River, and authorize grading operations across cleared sections of Pennsylvania terrain.