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Constant Repairs

Not your typical 9:01 to 9:05.

By Claire JonesPublished 3 years ago • 1 min read

Niko opened the door to the FTL maintenance room and was immediatley hit by a wall of hot, humid air. I must not be sleeping enough he thought, moving to the instrument read-out, the taste of coolant bitter in his mouth.

“Eleven hundred Kelvin on the temporal probability circuit,” he muttered to himself, “but that’s the same…”

Niko’s stomach sank. This will be a fun couple of hours. Seconds? Whatever. Temporal probability drives were the worst. He braced for what he knew was coming, just as his vision went white.

Niko opened the door.

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    Written by Claire Jones