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  1. Facilities

    Lea wins the coffee argument

    The lounge end got the sofas; the coffee went in at the other end, on a bench within reach of the consoles. Lea’s case in August was that anyone debugging at two in the morning should have somewhere to sit that is not a plinth. The follow-on argument was that they should not then have to walk the length of the room for a cup, and it went the same way. Machine, cups, and a jar of biscuits that is not expected to survive October.

    A dark wooden bench in a glass-walled room at night holding an espresso machine, two white cups and a lidded jar of biscuits, a green carpet runner and lit floor panels beside it and blue wall charts behind
    The coffee bench at the working end, in reach of the consoles rather than the sofas.SipsCo ·
  2. R&D

    Autonomous Extraction lab comes online in October

    The new R&D facility is going up: a glass-walled cut into the working face, with console banks going in on both sides and the north face itself visible through the wall. It is being built as a bench for the Autonomous Extraction programme — somewhere to work on the units’ control software and put a build through its tests without spending a shift to find out.

    A player character in a purple and gold hat and robe standing between two banks of computer terminals in a glass-walled room cut into layers of soil and stone
    Erin, Director of Engineering, at the extraction consoles in the new R&D facility.SipsCo ·
  3. Company

    SipsCo to unveil third blending plant in October

    The new yard comes online next month, adding a fourth blending line, a second on-site lab, and enough covered storage to hold winter stock without tarping it. Tours for wholesale partners open the week after commissioning.

    A player character labelled Sjin standing on a walkway above the new plant, orange gantries and a settling pond behind, in heavy rain
    CEO Sjin on site at the new plant, ahead of October commissioning.SipsCo ·
  4. R&D

    Three units arrive for the beta bench

    Three extraction units are on the lab bench, deliberately kept off the north face. Once the room is live, software will reach them before it reaches the fleet, so a bad build costs a controlled run instead of a shift. They are the same machine as Unit 7, down to the pickaxe.

    Three white automated mining machines with teal pickaxes mounted on their sides, lined up on a long white bench in a glass-walled room at night, green light strips set into the floor
    Three beta units on the bench, north face pattern, pickaxes fitted. The room around them is not finished.SipsCo ·
  5. Facilities

    The console rows go in

    The floor is down, the plinths are set, and the consoles are going in a double row the length of the room. The lounge end went in ahead of the working end, which is the opposite of how these usually go. Nothing is in service yet — that is October.

    A long glass-walled room at night seen from the doorway, a double row of computers on white plinths receding into the distance, green lounge furniture in the foreground
    The floor from the entrance, consoles running to the far wall, fit-out still under way.SipsCo ·
  6. Facilities

    The lounge end gets its furniture

    Lea, our Chief Operating Officer and Decorator Extraordinaire, spent the week on the half of the lab that is not consoles: sofas, a low table, and a reading chair under the glass. Her case for it is that anyone debugging at two in the morning should have somewhere to sit that is not a plinth.

    A figure in a purple and gold robe and pointed hat placing a green block near the ceiling of a glass-roofed room, with green sofas, an armchair holding an open book, and a low table below
    Lea, COO and Decorator Extraordinaire, placing lounge furniture while the fit-out carries on around her.SipsCo ·
  7. Operations

    Standard lead time drops to 48 hours

    Second shift at the main yard cuts the typical order-to-delivery window from four days to two across all standard blends.

  8. Facilities

    The R&D lab takes shape under glass

    The glass is on and the floor is down. The first plinths are already carrying hardware, though most of what will sit on them is still in crates and the far end is bare dirt. Lea is running the build.

    A figure in a purple and gold robe and pointed hat at the edge of a bright glass-roofed room under construction, with computers on white plinths, a green desk and chair, and stacked dirt blocks on the floor
    Lea, COO, on site during fit-out.SipsCo ·
  9. Product

    Coarse Blend No. 7 returns to the catalogue

    Back by request from the drainage crowd, with the same particle spec as the original run and a fresh lab panel on every batch.

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