Reporters, VizCamera operators, and curious citizen onlookers were transfixed on a section of empty InterDome Tram line at the edge of Dome 878’s InterDome Tram station platform; only whispers were traded between Dome world citizens in the waiting crowd. Held back by two lines of Enforcement officers and waist-high grey resin barriers, Yellow caste reporters preened themselves on the brightly-lit quay of Dome 878’s InterDome Tram station. As they waited for their opportunity to face their camera operators and speak to the public through VizNews and VizTainment about a story which had captured the imaginations of the citizens of the Dome world, a Red worker in the platform’s news-stand fixed magazines cartridges.

Small screens set around the news-stand displayed the cover images for that week’s or month’s periodicals. InterDome Tram passengers leaving to other Domes on the incoming tram were held aside by the policing force of the Dome world, Enforcement. Their commuter and long-distance tickets and identity cards had already been inspected, so they could board the tram quickly.

A large gray InterDome Tram slowed then stopped at Dome 878’s station. The station locks clamped on the tram; the volume of conversation rose as the station locks lowered the grey magnetic train. Its row of dark-tinted windows along the second floor of the tram offered no glimpses of the tram occupants. Anticipation quieted the crowds as the InterDome Tram’s doors stopped level to the platform. Then, the doors of the tram’s many cars slid apart.

Irritable citizens poured from the cars, each clad in the clothing of each passenger’s chromatic caste. Most pulled grey luggage behind them.