ESN 1004 Matterhorn
They stepped out , onto the last farm level, some 10 levels down from 'street level' the 'fields', spanned the whole breath of the Dec. farmign machines would be seen, some close, some in the distance...Hover vehicles and wheeled alike.
at this late time, there were hundreds of people , scattered around working, packing some even seedign clsoers to the walls all around the Ded where Meta Glass windows, around 20 feet tall and 100 yards long.. one side of the Dec was dark..people worked with Lamps.. the side they were on had sunlight coming through
this is out lowest crop Dec. It contains greens from Various worlds... as well as Earth type... in the Middle of the Dec, are hybrids.. accidently found as seeds cross
over from each side of the Dec..we find them to be more hearty then any of the other World's crops on thier own....The decs move up yp tubers, then 'bush' plants..Vine plants..melons .. ect all the way up to fruit and Nut trees.....we have 'stunted the growth ofsome of the Delta Melon trees to they do not take up much room..and still give us
those great melons.. down in the losers theyre is One Dec, that contains cattle and other food animals. we feed them with husks and grains from here, that we deem , not suitable for
supplies, and the stores...some of the less fortunate. will come down and work for some creds and are permitted to take a Box of produce with them..we still have some waste?..but the animals aren't picky!
Now? You asked about Mutations... there was a sayng when i was a kid..'life finds away'... these plants..all of them greens, grains, fuit, vegtables , all that..they have adapted to the sunlight they get from the windows.. The Megaglass was tinkered with, after Humans got the 'recipe' from the Angels..it is more Metal then Glass, and we
seam to get more rays , then we would on earth? That's why you'll see 'natives' of a Station have tans that most crews do not have-... those rays, seem to react very well with the plants and the water system that flows from the top down, mixes nutrients from the other Decs...so? we have crop rotation, with out having to rotate the crops