Outsystem by M.D. Cooper

Author:M.D. Cooper [Cooper, M.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B008GZ8HEM
Publisher: The Wooden Pen Press
Published: 2012-07-02T04:00:00+00:00

INTERLUDE

STELLAR DATE: 3227278 / 11.21.4123 (Adjusted Gregorian)

LOCATION: Mars Outer Shipyards (MOS)

REGION: Mars Protectorate, Sol Space Federation

“About time this shipment from STR showed up.” Jens looked the pallets over as they were unloaded from the freight transport to Mars Outer Shipyards dock T5-7A.

“They had some excuse about a break-in at a subcontractor’s warehouse,” Petrov mumbled, examining the shipping manifest. “Looks like everything made it though. Manifest does say that they had to repack some things and reseal one of the silbio tubs.”

“Are you serious?” Jens said. “You can’t just unseal and reseal those tubs. If a single milligram of that stuff is contaminated there’s gonna be one hell of a suit on STR.”

Petrov nodded and grabbed a scanner to get a reading on the resealed tub. He scowled at the display and shook the device before getting another reading. “I think something’s wrong with my scanner.”

“I don’t like the sound of that,” Jens said.

“I read massive bio signals in here.”

“Massive? How’s that happen?”

“Uh…Jens…I think there’s a body in here.”

Jens couldn’t speak for a moment. Lieutenant Collins would be all over his ass, the major would want a full investigation and the rest of his day would be shot.

“How could that slip by on the other end?”

“You gotta calibrate properly for silbio. The whole mess is technically organic, so it would just read as ‘alive’ to any regular scanner.”

Jens sighed and got on the Link to call in a medic team to take possession of the tub. The body was probably dead, and that was going to generate a mess of paperwork.

Petrov chuckled, “How the hell do you RMA something like this?”

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