Bugs in the System (SFAD5)
Venturi is a gas giant - a huge ball of gas that tried to be a star¸ but never quite made it. Now it just moans and grumbles and throws out magnetic storms once in a while. The atmosphere would suffocate you except that youd probably freeze first¸ or be torn apart by the thousand kilometer an hour winds. You cant even land there because it hasnt got a surface¸ not unless you count an ocean of liquid hydrogen.
But¸ we didnt let that stop us¸ not while there were all kinds of valuable chemicals swirling around in that gas-ball. Thats where the jetson extraction platform comes in. It bobs around like a cork in the upper atmosphere¸ sucking in gas and distilling out the good stuff. Trouble is¸ theres something very wrong down there. I dont know what it is¸ but its already cost eight good crewmen.
Are you really sure you want this job?