Chapter 18: Animal Progress
Hammond reentered the Visitor Center, still shaking his head and muttering under his breath about the attitude of the engineer. You would think that employees at one of most prolific and ground breaking theme parks would cooperate and think about what they were doing. Apparently, he was in the wrong for thinking in those terms. He walked down the hallway, the steady click clack of his cane echoing in the empty hallways. All of the workers were in one room or another, doing what they were supposed to be doing.
Hammond slowly made his way back to the Control Room and walked in, catching a nice breeze from the air conditioner and walked over to Ray.
"Sorry about that Ray, a few problems cropped up that needed attention. Where were we when I left?" he asked, smiling.
"We were talking about the car tour and the motion sensors," Arnold said, putting out a cigarette butt. Hammond nodded, so Arnold figured that he remembered where they left off in the conversation.
"The vehicles arrived already. Earlier than we thought, but that's not a problem. Earlier is indeed better. The gas powered jeeps work perfectly fine, and we assume that the tour ones will work just as well. We haven't quite finished working with them yet, but they should be done soon. The program is written, we are just having some difficulties with getting the program into the actual car interface. We almost have it figured out, it won't be a problem."
Arnold told to close a flashing text box on the computer and turned back again.
"You will be happy to know that Regis emailed me, and he managed to convince a, Richard Keiley to narrate the tour program. He is in a California recording studio now, working on it. Regis is there with him, developing the script for it. Also, throughout the morning, Harding and Muldoon have been bringing animals to their Paddocks. We got the juvenile Dilophosaur out of the nursery, as well as seven of the raptors. With more animals in the park, I have been able to test the motion sensors, and they seem to be okay. Gerry has been cycling through them to try and observe any important behavior, and get the feeding schedule under control. Other than that, it is business as usual. The animals are doing fine, and the systems are holding up," he said, smiling.
"Good to hear. Have the Triceratops been added in yet?" he asked, watching one of the security cameras.
"Uh, no," Arnold responded, flipping through some papers.
"We were waiting for them to grow a little bit more, but if you really want to put them out there, we can. There are two Paddocks remaining, one reserved for them and one kept as a reserve Paddock."
Hammond nodded and turned on the intercom, buzzing Harding and Muldoon to the Control Room. Once they arrived Hammond told them to bring the Triceratops to their Paddock. With only the herbivore Paddock remaining, which was waiting on the lagoon, the basic park was set. They had a long time till they were ready to open, but the earlier things were finished, the more time they could just observe and maintain instead of build.
Hammond once again left the Control Room and headed for the labs, looking for Henry, hungry for updates and good news.
"Henry, any good news?" he asked, walking down the stairs to the main lab section.
"Oh, hello sir. Yes, actually there is some good news. Three more Parasaurolophus and four more Gallimimus hatched this morning, so they were moved to the nursery. In addition, we have official confirmation on three more species genomes. The new animals are Proceratosaurus, Segisaurus, and Metriacanthosaurus."
"Wonderful!" he said, smiling.
"However, I don't think we should begin production of them. Our basic park is full at the moment, and I don't want extra animals running around here," he said, watching an egg rock on a nearby
table.
"Oh, sir," Henry said, turning back to Hammond. "It has been brought to my attention that the aggressive raptor is growing incredibly fast, and its temper is getting worse. Our technicians refuse to work with her. We need to come up with another solution."
Hammond stood there for a second, and thought about it.
"I guess we have no choice but to put her in the park. She is smaller than they other raptors, but her demeanor will probably guarantee her survival.
Frowning, Hammond left the lab, not happy about having to deal with this raptor.