Chapter 218: Bootstraps
USD: Five days after mission start
Location: Gliese 1143Ab High Orbit, Thea’s Hackjob, Observation Deck A1
Time.
Time. Always time. Something they would never have enough of.
Alex stared out the observation deck’s crystal display. The glass wasn’t real—the high definition cameras presented a lifelike resolution view out over the moonlet’s surface.
Dozens of artificial mounts jutted out of the rocky surface containing emplacements for emitters, weapons and thruster ports. It was very different from a regular vessel, which in her experience were all smooth lines and angles.
The Hackjob was a mess. Part of that was the rush to get it operational, she was sure. But even then, it would have resembled something like a sea urchin with a bunch of sharp spikes.
“I can’t believe there actually is one,” Alex muttered.
[Notice: Detected moon is not entirely habitable without extensive equipment measures and protection.]