Argos was a city designed to adapt and grow. It was a circular in design with a large


    area at its center where everyone gathered to meet and talk. Around it, like spokes


    on a wheel, four roads extended outward. Around the center was the market where


    all the goods were distributed. Raw materials for 3-D printers were the most common


    items and were exchanged with EAs, electronic approval tokens, which were given to


    those whose projects were approved by Architecture and Engineering. Once a citizen


    wanted to create something, the material estimates and energy demands would be


    calculated and handed to A&E, which was Steve’s department, and from there they


    would wait for approval. With the approval, they would receive an EA with which they


    could get the materials from the market. Around the market was a ring with more


    spokes of roads that contained the research areas, public facilities, water-storage


    tanks, and other industrial buildings. After that came another ring with the housing


    area. Finally, it was surrounded by the large wall and then the final ring of agricultural


    production. Between all the rings, there was a road circulating around. Every ring had


    small parks and recreation areas that seem like they were made for young children


    but were mainly used by the adults.


    The current city design was meant to hold up to five thousand people. The


    plan was that the materials for all the structures could be recycled and reused when


    the circles needed growing, so that the city could expand. The maximum number of


    people it could reach before another circle began to be made was fifty thousand.


    Once the population grew to about a million, the main city design would begin to be


    built. The designs for the cities were made back on Earth, and many of them were


    loaded into the database so that depending on the environment and material


    availability, the right one would be chosen. All the designs had lots of recreation


    areas, since it was deemed necessary for the mental stability and creativity of the


    inhabitants. Each individual could request space to make a project, and if it was


    deemed useful, then the materials and labor for it would be supplied. A few small


    nuclear reactors were used as the main energy source, which had been dipped into


    the nearby river. As long as they remained underwater, they could provide enough


    energy for a few years. When the population grew, they would need a new source of


    The author''s narrative has been misappropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.energy. Solar and wind were the main alternatives unless nuclear material could be


    found. Nearly every structure of Argos was made from the materials that were found


    around the area, harvested from the soil, and mixed with machines brought from


    Earth. Their small size meant that it took long periods of time for the 3-D printer to be


    fed the composites, so for the time being, most structures were made with simpler


    materials, not meant to withstand time or very harsh conditions.


    Argos was under continuous construction. One side of the city was under the


    constant work of the 3-D printer, while the other was used by the civilians. The


    number of people was also steadily growing, so the city was continuously adapting.


    The plan was to keep it simple and small until they could fully recreate Alpha


    concrete, as the new material came to be called, so that it would be used afterward


    everywhere. The idea was that if this material absorbed infrared light to heal and


    could transport the energy through its body, then it could probably also be converted


    to produce energy from the star and perhaps meet the energy demands of the


    building itself. It would truly bring a revolution in building design that the Earth and


    Mars would have found profoundly useful.


    The political hierarchy of Argos revolved around the creator of the entire


    project, Alex, who, with a team of experts, crafted a system which could help the


    community advance. As the population rose, the system would slowly change. Once


    the population required a second city to be built, the system would again change.


    Finally, once they reached one million people and began constructing Argos as a


    megalopolis, the political system was to take a final change that would be able to


    govern an entire planet of people despite their numbers. These systems were made


    back on Earth and had failsafe mechanisms only shared to Jain and Juuda in case of


    something happening to Alex. Their system required no currency or goods exchange.


    The small amount of people paired with advanced technology that they had at their


    disposal made it so that everything other than energy was plentiful. Energy would be


    the only resource that would soon be worthy of attention.


    For the time being, Argos was a utopia for the citizens, but its rate of


    expansion was very, very slow. As humans had no worries and no time pressure,


    everything seemed to be working at the absolute minimum. There were very few who


    worked hard for their goals, and these were mostly made as a subject of ridicule.


    Alex was beginning to feel that this slow progress needed to be changed.