Sci Fi
Welcome Aboard The Galactic Express
The locomotive's rumbling engine shook the sleeping room as soft groans grew louder in the hall outside room six. Inside the small, private room lay a man opening his eyes and taking in his surroundings. The sleeping room was older, nearly an antique. The walls of the room, covered in cherry wood, had slight age marks. The man inside recognized that he wasn't in familiar surroundings.
By Jason Morton4 years ago in Fiction
Valley of the Moon
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. This is one of the first things they tell you as you exit the spaceport and step into the airlock, not looking behind as you clasp your helmet to your suit. A tap on your shoulder gets your attention as you turn and see your companion waving at you and pointing to the side of her helmet, and that’s when you realize you didn’t have your communications enabled yet and you flick the switch. “Well it’s about time, I’ve been trying to get your attention for the past ten minutes,” click, as you reach up and turn your radio off again not wanting to hear her at the time. You walk ahead towards the airlock door and approach the control panel, flicking on your radio again. “Agent 327 and agent 326 have arrived at the airlock and are preparing to exit the facility,” you say as you wait for a reply, listening to the static. “Agent 327 and agent 326 proceed with your operation and good luck,” was the last thing you heard when you turned and looked at agent 326. A slow hissing sound could be heard as the airlock began to release as agent 327 enter the commands into the control panel and the door released as a swirl of dust came into the chamber. Looking at each other, they gathered their equipment and began to load the rover for their trip through the valley to the other side where they were trying to establish a colony on the edge of the great forest. Since the discovery of an ecosystem on one of Jupiter’s moons over five hundred years ago, more and more people have been arriving to try and start a new life on the small one. There had been colonies starting up all around the valley, but most of them failed because they didn’t know the ecosystem and how to filter the water properly causing the settlers to die. This didn’t discourage them to stop coming and agents 326 and 327 were part of a special agency that was on J-moon X2 to keep everyone safe, but as the colonies grew the demand for cleaner water grew, and so did the corrupt organizations trying to control these very assets.
By K.C. Keats4 years ago in Fiction
Into the Expanse
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Not that one would even have a chance to scream if they were to ever find themselves thrust into the expanse of overwhelming emptiness. The pressure differential would cause your entire body to explode before you even had time to register where you were, your scream reduced to a billion floating particles of what used to be you.
By Kat Thorne4 years ago in Fiction
Merc’s backfield on Mars
“Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say,” the advertisement maintained most assuredly. The mist had descended this night, such that the sky was more murky than aglow and still without a star in sight. Bright and clear however the neon-lit holographic billboard was hard selling to the city.
By Jason Steven Jowett4 years ago in Fiction
Dark Stars
Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. Unluckily for me, the cargo bay didn’t exist in a vacuum. The Et'ealth breathed oxygen, just as humans did, so their cargo bay was not a void. It was entirely possible that my screams would be heard.
By Hillora Lang4 years ago in Fiction
