Archaea
“It may have been grotty, but it also had some of the best beer and vat steaks this side of Luna, just what I needed after a couple of terrifying hours doing math.
From our booth we all had a great view of the Archaea at her dock. Her Duron armor gave her a dark, brooding appearance, somberly reminding us that inside her lived something none of us understood. I noticed the captain looking at her as well, deep in thought.
"Well, we can't just sit here all day", said Shorty, "Hey Wu - beer... and steaks all around please!" Her bravado cheered us all, I think, as none of us knew what to make of our current situation.
"Now that we're go for lunch, how about launch Gene?" the captain asked me, smiling.
"No, of course not Captain... But we're probably as good as I would have hoped, given our timeframe. I don't think we'll die, at least not in sight of the station", I added with a smirk of my own.
The Captain laughed, knowing as well as I did that the station master probably had a standing bet with his staff that we'd blow to cosmic debris the first time we lit the tokamak.MoreLess
From our booth we all had a great view of the Archaea at her dock. Her Duron armor gave her a dark, brooding appearance, somberly reminding us that inside her lived something none of us understood. I noticed the captain looking at her as well, deep in thought.
"Well, we can't just sit here all day", said Shorty, "Hey Wu - beer... and steaks all around please!" Her bravado cheered us all, I think, as none of us knew what to make of our current situation.
"Now that we're go for lunch, how about launch Gene?" the captain asked me, smiling.
"No, of course not Captain... But we're probably as good as I would have hoped, given our timeframe. I don't think we'll die, at least not in sight of the station", I added with a smirk of my own.
The Captain laughed, knowing as well as I did that the station master probably had a standing bet with his staff that we'd blow to cosmic debris the first time we lit the tokamak.MoreLess
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