The Decision is grim
The Decision is Grim
The predicament faced by BK and JB, the space travellers, was dire. Their vessel, damaged and adrift, had few remaining options. A blaring, incessant buzz from their communications console signalled an automated distress hail. It was from a rusty, ancient-looking container freight vessel, its hull scarred with years of interstellar travel. The offer was for emergency docking services, but the cost was astronomical, an amount designed to cripple any independent spacefarer: "all unallocated credits, plus seventy per cent of the cargo." This wasn't merely a setback; it was an extinction-level event for their mission. Years of meticulous savings, every hard-earned credit accumulated from countless dangerous runs and risky deliveries, would be instantly vaporised. Their entire mission's profit, the culmination of relentless effort and sacrifice, would be snatched away, leaving them with nothing but the tattered remnants of their once-ambitious dreams. The grim reality of their situation settled heavily upon them: accept the exorbitant terms and survive, or drift into the cold, silent void, their journey ending in utter ruin. Yes, we must go in.
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The Decision is grim
The Decision is Grim
The predicament faced by BK and JB, the space travellers, was dire. Their vessel, damaged and adrift, had few remaining options. A blaring, incessant buzz from their communications console signalled an automated distress hail. It was from a rusty, ancient-looking container freight vessel, its hull scarred with years of interstellar travel. The offer was for emergency docking services, but the cost was astronomical, an amount designed to cripple any independent spacefarer: "all unallocated credits, plus seventy per cent of the cargo." This wasn't merely a setback; it was an extinction-level event for their mission. Years of meticulous savings, every hard-earned credit accumulated from countless dangerous runs and risky deliveries, would be instantly vaporised. Their entire mission's profit, the culmination of relentless effort and sacrifice, would be snatched away, leaving them with nothing but the tattered remnants of their once-ambitious dreams. The grim reality of their situation settled heavily upon them: accept the exorbitant terms and survive, or drift into the cold, silent void, their journey ending in utter ruin. Yes, we must go in.
Podcast:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXaHuXMcUMrhIzfjKlj9clJCOf...
Playlist:
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXaHuXMcUMrgi9Vms3dSNvqYUC...
Blogger:
www.jjfbbennett.com/2025/07/the-decision.html
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#art #Spacestation #scifi #fictionalworld #story #arthouse #futuristic #spaceadventure #Sanctuary #Revitalisation #Retro #art #metaart