Black Hole: Colonization (Book Two) (Colonization Project 2) by Scott McElhaney

Author:Scott McElhaney [McElhaney, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Superluminal Publishing
Published: 2015-09-09T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

As we all expected now, when the back gate was lowered to offload the larger supplies including the land rover, we were met with a cool breeze that smelled a bit like rotten eggs mixed with a hint of minerals and compost. I was surprised to find that it wasn’t bitter cold out there in the dreary midday, but rather we noted that it was a fairly pleasant forty-three degrees and breezy.

The next thing we discovered upon exiting the shuttles was that both shuttles should have never survived. Our shuttle was completely missing the outer hull on the right side, looking as if it had literally been sheared away. The inner hull was mostly intact, although we did find two cracks in the heat shielding just below where we had been sitting. Shuttle Four was also missing the outer hull everywhere except the roof and at the back. An emergency shield had also been dropped down over the windshield due to damage from a meteoroid, so the Master Chief had been flying blind the whole way and never thought to mention that to anyone. She still managed to land the craft in the proper spot just by following our beacon and using her ground radar. She explained that after she witnessed Shuttle Three’s demise, she was grateful not to be able to see anything else.

While offloading the supplies and equipment, I took a quick and silent inventory of the surviving colonists. I wanted to secretly assess our potential for survival. This was brought on by the realization that we had not only lost all the medical staff, but all the medical supplies as well. We had not a single doctor, surgeon, or nurse among us. And outside of the two shuttles’ first aid kits and the small first aid kits found on the two land rovers, we had no medical supplies of any sort.

So from the two shuttles, we had the following expertise within the colony:

Captain Sarai Stark – trained in ship command and piloting

Zane Stark – ColSup, but was a Welder First Class in the US Navy Space Division (USN-SD) and would continue serving in that regard.

Commander Darius McEwen – Chief Colonization Officer trained in all forms of colonial establishment and survival.

Kennedy McEwen – ColSup, but was a Lieutenant JG in the USN-SD as a pilot so she would probably assist in whatever ways she could outside of that realm of training.

Ensign Marie Lopez – Horticultural Management

Horticulturist First Class Keyandra Reese – the title spoke for itself.

Christopher Reese – ColSup, but was a bouncer at a Navy club, so if he gained back any of that lost muscle mass from the trip, he could chase any aliens away. For now though, he would probably assist with any heavy duty labor.

Master Chief Nuclear Engineer Leah Paulus – the title spoke for itself so she would run the reactor of which we only had one now instead of the two we had planned for.

Animal Management and Processing Specialist (Civilian) Bob

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