DYING SUNS: A SCI FI ADVENTURE by Lou Schreiber

Author:Lou Schreiber [Schreiber, Lou]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-05-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

“It’s six clicks ahead,” Reon said and as he looked out of the window. Devon knew he would see the same thing he had stared at for an hour now. The milky, blueish glow of the Zweistein Nebula. Disturbed at times by electrical discharges and giant rocks appearing from nowhere, slowly hurling through space.

“We’re heading for the ring. There are two large openings that seem to be hangars,” Devon said. “They have no gates, but we might pass through some sort of . . . force field that keeps the atmosphere in. Either that or the thing doesn’t have an atmosphere.”

“It has gravity. It will have an atmosphere,” Lira said from behind.

“That’s quite an assumption,” Cara said, once again the critic.

“Anyway, everyone will be wearing suits when we go out.” Devon turned to Vax. “How long will yours have oxygen?”

“Not long. I need to take a spacesuit, too.” Vax looked tense. Almost nervous. It didn’t make it easier for Devon to stay calm.

“I never thought I’d come back here,” Reon said.

“You were here before?” Devon asked.

“Ten years ago, we ran a rescue mission near Enoch. Didn’t get half as deep in, but that part was way worse.” Reon pulled the Remus right to avoid another giant asteroid.

“What if one of those hit the station?” Yonder asked.

“Depends on how and where, but it wouldn’t be good, I guess,” Devon said.

“What if it happens while we are on it?” Yonder kept on asking.

“We would leave right away,” Devon answered.

“Almost there,” Reon said. “It should come into sight any . . . oh wow. There it is.”

Devon turned back to the window and his jaw dropped. The size of the thing had been an abstract thought when he saw it on the screen, but now he got a first idea of what they were dealing with. As the station appeared out of the nebula, slowly getting sharper as they approached, it filled their entire view.

“That thing’s huge.” Yonder gasped.

“How long did they need to build it?” Vax asked.

“Probably centuries. Even if they were way more effective at building these things than we are. The materials . . . getting them out here alone must have been a pain. Millions of tons of material, brought out here to this empty system,” Lira said.

“Well, we don’t know that. The system is empty now. It might have been mined until there was nothing left. It would make sense to build these things where you have the necessary resources, gathering them until nothing is left,” Devon remarked.

“Got the hangar,” Reon said.

“Yeah, right there. At the disc.” Devon pointed to it. The giant slowly rotating disc that filled their view from left to right looked smooth and unscratched. A perfect structure. Untouched by any outside influences.

“No weapon systems visible. Sensors not working,” Cara said.

“Of course not. Ionized particles,” Lira remarked.

“Take us in,” Devon said.

“Aye,” Reon only replied and accelerated the ship. They came closer and the station grew larger and larger. The hangar, if it was what

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