The Sac'a'rith
““This way, Felix,” Narcion said to me as we left his cruiser and drifted towards what appeared to be the remains of an airlock. The metal frame around the hole was twisted and scorched. Whatever they had used to blow up this section must have been powerful, as the docking arms were designed to withstand impacts from out-of-control spacecraft.
“We will need to seal this somehow if we turn the air back on,” I said.
“I assume that the failsafe interior blast walls dropped when the section ...lost pressure, so that should not be a problem.”
He was probably right, but of course that just meant we had a different problem. “Without power, how are we going to get past them?”
“They usually have manual controls,” he said.
As we entered the station, I felt cold. I checked my armor’s status indicators and nothing was wrong with the temperature, but there was a chill in the air somehow.MoreLess
“We will need to seal this somehow if we turn the air back on,” I said.
“I assume that the failsafe interior blast walls dropped when the section ...lost pressure, so that should not be a problem.”
He was probably right, but of course that just meant we had a different problem. “Without power, how are we going to get past them?”
“They usually have manual controls,” he said.
As we entered the station, I felt cold. I checked my armor’s status indicators and nothing was wrong with the temperature, but there was a chill in the air somehow.MoreLess
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