It is Saturday, May 15, 2060.[edit] at currently 23:37. Today is day 149 of the shutdown. Do you know where your meat is?
On behalf of Renraku America and more than 90,000 of your new neighbors, allow me to welcome you to the Seattle SCIRE (Self-contained Commercial, Industrial, and Residential Environment). The word scire is Latin for "to know." We chose that name to signify the main purpose of this complex — advancing human knowledge, both scientific and social. The SCIRE isn't simply a place to work or live; it is a complete, independent community like nothing else the world has seen before. It is a place to learn and grow, and become part of something greater than yourself. It is a diverse, rewarding, and wonderful place — and I should know, because I live here, too.
Though SCIRE is the building's official designation, most people usually refer to it as simply "the arcology;" we're hoping that you'll call it "home." Welcome to our world, and thank you for helping make it the best world it can be.
Dr. Sherman Huang
President and Divisional Manager, Renraku America