Velvet Array Provisioning Authority.

The Posting

Life at the dock.

The Velvet Array hangs over Europa and fishes an ocean older than most planets' surfaces. The subsurface fisheries bring up trawler grade fishmeal by the megaton, the reserve cellars seal the bluefin that becomes the network's most guarded luxury, and the mousse line finishes Presentation Tins that sell at Tuna Prime for more than a pilot's dock fees make in a week.

It is called an Authority because it behaves like one. Europa product moves under seal, the quality office answers to nobody local, and the phrase cellar sealed on a manifest means a Velvet Array inspector watched the lid go on personally and remembers your face.

The ice harvest is the workaday trade underneath the luxury: food grade cometary ice cut and crated for canneries and cafes both. Haulers who make the Europa run regularly develop a reputation for reliability, mostly because the Authority does not rebook pilots who develop any other kind.

Field	Value
Registry	velvet-array
Location	Europa
Station class	Frontier
Network role	Production
Dock fee	9 ℓ per call
Clock	Exchange standard, five minute tick