Marooned on Giri Minor
"Chief, I really think we need to get out of here," you say.
Indrian still seems puzzled until she looks where you're pointing and sees the approaching cloud of pulverized rock. Maybe this is all that remains of Giri Minor's exploded moon, or maybe it's just an uncharted band of asteroids, but in any event you are squarely in its path.
"Oh no," Indrian says weakly, the first time you've ever heard her concede defeat to anything. She thrusts off toward the airlock, and you follow. The FabBot speeds past both of you, shredded by a collision with one of the rocks.
The ship's thrusters are now firing, and it gives you a feeling of dread to see the transport vessel like this from the outside, maneuvering away without you inside it. You had covered about a third of the distance back toward the airlock, but as Siggo attempts to pilot the ship out of harm's way your tethers are drawn taut, dragging you through space. There is nothing to shield you from the barrage of space rocks now.
Indrian still seems puzzled until she looks where you're pointing and sees the approaching cloud of pulverized rock. Maybe this is all that remains of Giri Minor's exploded moon, or maybe it's just an uncharted band of asteroids, but in any event you are squarely in its path.
"Oh no," Indrian says weakly, the first time you've ever heard her concede defeat to anything. She thrusts off toward the airlock, and you follow. The FabBot speeds past both of you, shredded by a collision with one of the rocks.
The ship's thrusters are now firing, and it gives you a feeling of dread to see the transport vessel like this from the outside, maneuvering away without you inside it. You had covered about a third of the distance back toward the airlock, but as Siggo attempts to pilot the ship out of harm's way your tethers are drawn taut, dragging you through space. There is nothing to shield you from the barrage of space rocks now.
THE END
