Time to Orbit: Unknown

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> While I wait for my next client, I grab a notepad and run some numbers. There are two thousand, nine hundred and eighty six colonists still in chronostasis, out of an original five thousand. That includes the survivors of the original crew. They have … Continue reading 100: CAPTAIN

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> The medbay is empty except for me, Tal, and the two of Lina’s comatose science projects who survived the problems of the computer shutdown and subsequent transfer to this ring. Tal sits on the end of the unoccupied bed, looking at kes hands. Not … Continue reading 099: TAL

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> “What do you mean, you told her to?” I ask. “And why now?” Lina asks. “She did it now because she couldn’t before. I restored her proper environmental controls and she went straight to it.” “You restor – you cracked Reimann’s password?” “Oh, yeah. … Continue reading 098: LOBOTOMY

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> I’m still at the keyboard, so Captain Klees turns to me. “Where is everyone? Is anyone in CR5?” I check. “Nobody’s in CR5. Well, except all the chronostatic colonists, I guess. Denish and Tinera are in HR2 on the other side of CR5, and … Continue reading 097: STABILISE

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> I wake up in a bright room, littered with IVs and monitoring equipment and with an oxygen mask on my face. I carefully reach back to disconnect the cerebral stimulator from the port in my skull. But there’s no stimulator there, just a slight … Continue reading 096: REVIVE

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> I stare at Tal for a bit, but no further explanation is forthcoming. “I don’t…?” “You too, Aspen! All of us are so fucking stupid! I have to try something! If this actually works I’m going to be so pissed off at myself!” Ke … Continue reading 095: DEFUSE

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> I wake up in my own bed, and for a moment it seems blatantly obvious that the recent confusing events were a strange nightmare. Then I look down, and realise I’m still in my clothes. There are little aches all over my body, and … Continue reading 094: IDENTITY

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> Captain Sands backs away behind a bed, but I’m faster. He’s almost within reach before Heli shoulder-checks me directly into the metal frame of the bed. Pain blooms in my hip as I drop to the floor, my improvised weapon rolling out of my … Continue reading 093: DESPERATION

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> “Excellent,” Captain Sands says. “If we’re lucky, we might be able to avoid any further unpleasant business.” I watch him leave the room. “I think I hate that guy,” I remark. Celi raises an eyebrow. “I thought you two were friends?” “What gave you … Continue reading 092: GUILT

<<First .......... <Prev .......... [Archive] .......... [Map] .......... Next> .......... Last>> “Heli has been disciplined,” Captain Sands informs Adin in our makeshift interrogation room. “And after we’ve solved this murder, I’ll be able to deal with her more thoroughly.” “What do you want, Keldin?” “Just to clear up some final details. Heli Graf provided you … Continue reading 091: DURESS