Davie's Locker_Lights out on the Starship City_Destined_Power's Down - How?
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Davie's Locker
"Lay your head here my, boy."This was it. A cold unwarranted fear washed over him as he lay to rest upon the body shaped casket. It was white and soft to the touch. As he looked up all he could see was the remainder of the old guard."Will it hurt, grandpa?""Not at all," He turned to Ida at his side. His weapons instructor. She fetched a needle and some gauze. "Now I'm going to inject you with amoxsophine. Do know what that is?""Yes, it is a muscle relaxant and dehydrant. This is to prevent any injury during the cryophase of my homeostasis." He understood the process, but he still wasn't sure i...
Lights out on the Starship City
Interview with an engineer who worked on the Starship City, the Year 2074"To advance the knowledge of our solar system for the benefit of all" That's what they told us when we were making this project, what a load of bullshit honestly. Back then I thought I was helping to create a new future. There was no way it could go wrong, it was just too big of a project to fail. As long as we had the funding resources and time of course. But we didn't have any of those three to the extent we needed it.What do you mean by that Mr. Brown?Do you know what this program was originally called? Just Starship, ...
Destined
As they got off their transportation they took their first steps into their new lives. They went through security, heavily checking their baggage. Health inspectors and physicians who spent many hours running tests and scans on them, making sure they were applicable to roam around after a long travel. Along with other processes that took hours before they were free to go. They looked are a lot, trying to take everything in. This was more than just leaving the country to them. They were leaving practically everything. "This is still insane," Mary said. "how did you ever talk me into this?" "It'...
Power's Down - How?
Miss Deirdre stepped off the rising escalator on the fifth floor, into the usual vast empty-feeling open space. Window glazing on both sides allowed light to reach every corner, while in front of her the bank of escalators brought personnel up or down from all floors, to this one -- the lowest floor with elevators, being the only means of reaching the building’s egress below ground level. The floor began filling with people as more and more stepped off escalators, out of elevators from higher floors and off travellators from the other wings. This arena of push-n-shove was known unofficially as...