You can't believe it, Dr. Huang says that terraforming planets so humans can live on them is too expensive, but by reforming humans so that they can survive on other worlds, colonization is economically possible. If all goes well, you may be the first man--well dragon to set foot on Venus. Where the air is sulfuric acid, the pressure is 100 atmospheres, and the average temperature is around 800F.
It's incredible. You're so excited. John Glenn, Buzz Aldrin and you.
There's only one problem, what can you do when you're two tons of armored flesh able to eat and breathe H2SO4, and the Venus mission is over. Will they leave you there like so much gear? Will you really colonize Venus.
You meet six other young men who have been recruited for this mission.
Already, your skin seems to be dry and scaly. It must be your imagination, this is only the orientation meeting. Isn't it?