Interstellar Starpilots by F Stephan

Author:F Stephan
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2019-10-07T04:00:00+00:00

He was flying over the moon, using the different craters for his final approach. Images of his old flight on the station came back to him. Alone, his wife dead, evading detection. Now, he was again creeping in shadows. Why have I accepted this? Is this boy worth it? But for the first time in years, since those awful minutes on the station, Nellym was smiling at him.

An awful hour later, he arrived at the station. He laid a small transmitter on a peak above the station, hidden in a crevice.

“So, sir, what’s the situation?” Bolgaren’s words were barely audible over the link, unconscious as he was that, if the signal was intercepted, it wouldn’t make a difference.

“It’s designed to keep people from getting out.”

“That’s absurd. We’re on a barren rock with no atmosphere.” Mistress Moonlight couldn’t stand inefficiency.

“If they’re crazy, it’s their problem. Their outer security is a simple dome at the edge of the crater with a searchlight roaming the sky. It overlooks the ten buildings on the surface.

“That’s just the visible part of the complex. For everything else, they’ll be on electronics. I can fool it.”

Heikert took an hour to record the pattern of the searchlight before moving on. He reached the closest external building. As he had expected, they had an open box outside, which grouped all electrical connections. Easy maintenance, easy security from internal hack. No security for external spies. He implemented with quick and efficient motions the listening module. Then, he backtracked up on his path to the crevice and then out to the ship.

Three hours later, he was back on the ship, covered in sweat and shaken. The trip had gone perfectly well, but he had felt Nellym with him all the way back.

“So, any luck? Did you find anything?” He blurted the words as soon as he took off his helmet.

Bolgaren was in a trance, eyes flickering too fast. In front of him, multiple 3-D screens were running images at an alarming rate.

Moonlight was already at her console. “I installed on the ground here a small transponder during your trek. We’ll be able to access their network now from the asteroid belt. Sir, okay to move back?”

“Yes, do it now.” Now that the communications were set up, Bolgaren would need time to extract the data they needed. Moving up to the belt would reduce their exposure and allow them to search deeper.

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