By T M Romanelli A Story From the Helionox Chronicles After landing in the main hangar and making sure the teams from the other sites were accounted for and safe, Petra went straight to the flight deck. She hadn’t bothered doffing her suit, but she removed the helmet and carried it at her side. The civilian crew, all of whom were mission specialists in various departments, heard the heavy sound…
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By T M Romanelli The main hangar on Pathfinder seemed enormous on the ship’s schematics, but was actually quite cramped as four armored dropships sat in a row with assorted maintenance and fueling equipment positioned nearby on the deck. Three were packed with the drilling gear that would be used on the frozen plateau, in addition to several emergency shelters for the surface teams and all the consumables that would…
Read MorePathfinder – Part 1: Lightning Run
By T M Romanelli The Pathfinder exited the distal end of the supraluminal conduit, its transition back into standard space eased by the stabilizers that had been installed and calibrated prior to the ship’s departure from its base in the Kuiper Belt. The exploration platform had arrived at its programmed destination after executing a series of sub-space transits over the preceding months, and the displacement drive began to power down…
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