The sound of metal shutters on the space-going ship opened up on the many windows and a bright light was let into the passenger section of the vessel. The enthusiastic voice of the personal driver came onto the intercom.
"Sorry to interrupt sir, but the gazing conditions are perfect today, especially for someone who has an appreciation for the sky such as yourself! You can see everything in this rotation. The stars in the distance, the moons, and our beloved planet can all be clearly seen. What a rarity these days!"
97-Year-old Arturian Noble the greater who had been resting, was now sitting up in the passenger seat, and watched the stars. He looked in the other direction as he flew and took a good look at Isova.
He looked more closely and saw the large blob of grey that stood out among the mixture of various browns, blues, and greens. The blob took up about a quarter of the visible side of Natovis, the layered city.
Even without his high prescription glasses, he decided it all was beautiful.
Arturian the Greater was sharp. Even at his advanced age, his mind was as quick as someone in their early twenties. Not only were there not that many smart people alive anymore, but there were not many old people alive either. The official statistics on this are rather incomplete, but if one goes to Natovis itself and ask around, or look around, they will find there are not many people that are alive into their early 60's.
He was a famous man, both a Celebrity in society and a highly respected Entrepreneur. Arturian the Greater is likely best known for being the majority owner of the Celestial Mining and Logistics Company. They were known for their massive mining operations throughout Isova and the two surrounding moons. They would also operate in some of the larger asteroids closest to the inner edge of the Bouldersphere.
Their distribution network was also huge, bringing massive amounts of materials, the largest amount being steel, to the layered city and abroad.
The other thing that drew significant interest to the company was the fact the ships of the great fleet of the Celestial Mining and Logistics Company, besides the military, were currently the only known ships that are in space. The ships of the fleet are maintained very well, and no one really knows how they were made. They were also made of a strange dark grey material, a material that much of Natovis was made of.
Before he was interrupted from his own thoughts by this beautiful, rare sight, he had been thinking about his son, who among other things, was on a downward spiral mentally and did not do well in high society.
And so, Arturian the greater continued to fly closer to The First Moon and thought about his past and some of its significant events.....