Deep Space
By Brett P. S.
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Glenn Fischer captained the Albatross, an interstellar vessel, through federation space when he dropped out of FTL in the midst of planetary debris from an unknown disaster. With their ship's FTL drive undergoing repairs, Glenn and his engineer worked to uncover the origin of the wreckage while treading lightly on the ghost of a broken world.
Brett P. S.
Brett Sawyer (1986), born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, is an indie author who writes short stories & novellas, from science fiction to heroes. He graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 2015 with a Bachelor’s in education and currently teaches game design at Lake Land College.Short Change arrived at retailers in November of 2014, the start of a hero series where ordinary people gained powers over oddly specific domains, following the story of a shorter than average hero who can telekinetically manipulate small units of currency.Short Change is free on “smashwords.com/profile/view/BrettPS” and Barnes & Noble along with other samples and short fiction.Brett’s popular releases in science fiction include “Dark Station” and “Tales from the Colony: An Interstellar Saga.” Dark Station is a deep space thriller set aboard an abandoned orbital science station where Ben Gebbley and his crew secretly investigate the disappearance of the original staff before others come to claim the lost assets.
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Deep Space - Brett P. S.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER 1 – INTO THE FRAY
CHAPTER 2 – EFFECTING REPAIRS
CHAPTER 3 – SCORCHED ROCK
CHAPTER 4 – HASTY DEPARTURE
EPILOGUE – JOURNALISTIC INTEGRITY
Chapter 1
Into the Fray
Glenn Fischer. Age, 38. Captain of the Albatross, an interstellar freighter designed for picking up cargo and dropping it off, sometimes from one sector of the galaxy to another. Glenn sat comfortably in his captain’s chair while he eyed the readout of his console through half-open eyes.
The Albatross zoomed through space on a separate dimension otherwise known as FTL. Faster than light travel couldn’t happen in normal space, but go one or two dimensions below and the laws of physics became especially pliable. He hardly understood how it worked, though as long as the ship arrived in one piece, he didn’t care. The mathematics of quantum physics were better suited to federation scientists and theoretical physics graduates.
Glenn, we have a problem,
Kelly rang in through the intercom.
Glenn’s expression perked up, and he sat more firmly in his chair. Kelly Schmidt. Kelly was the butter to his jam … or something like that. OSI could manage simple tasks and most diagnostics, but when it came effecting repairs and