Tales of Solus Station
By Brett P. S.
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Helene Kirsch, hired gun for Hammond and his science crew, protects Solus Station from threats that lurk in the depths of space.
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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Table of Contents
Asteroid
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
Extremophile
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
Part One
Asteroid
Chapter I
Radio Silence
Helene sat snugly in the cockpit of an S3-81 star fighter, an older model not ordinarily meant for deep space travel. However, a few grand in credits and a couple dozen paperclips later, this modified fighter served as a makeshift exploration marvel of a science crew on a tight budget. Helene brought up vital signs on her dash. Everything looked good enough. The rear corner of the cargo hold had a small crack, but it was too small for anything important to come loose and fly away. Hopefully they could fix it this time around.
This is exploration module 3,
she said over the communication channel. Hey, is anybody listening?
Sorry, Madame Kirsch,
the mic screeched.
Listen, I’ve found something,
she said.
There’s nothing in that sector worth mining.
Helene stared out her viewport. An asteroid the size of a football field floated about a quarter mile from her fighter, marked with deep grooves and pot marks from smaller impacts. However, the most noticeable unique quality was a deep crater that grew into it like a cavern. Her fighter’s sensors fizzled whenever she scanned the depths. Whatever was in there was giving off a massive magnetic disturbance.
I’m going into radio silence for a while, Hammond. I’ll be back in an hour.
What’s this now? What did you find, Helene?
I don’t know. There’s a crater on this asteroid gone dark.
That ship is old. Could be a calibration mishap.
You don’t really believe that,
she said. It’s worth a look anyway.
Helene sat and waited for confirmation from command. She glared out her viewport and watched the readings scroll across her user interface. A static wavelength