Writing competition 131 - LOST IN SPACE

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LOST IN SPACE

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Mission logbook day 78

With great difficulty we managed to land, apart from a few small bruises, the whole crew is safe.

This planet is unknown and was not in the flight plan. Two crew members were on reconnaissance, they discovered that the air is breathable.

The land is dry and devoid of vegetation, the temperature is very low and it does not allow them to survive for more than 10 minutes outdoors.

In the impact the ship was damaged and we can't start the engines, so within a short time the temperature will drop and we won't be able to warm up.

A new reconnaissance is in progress.

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Mission logbook day 79

All crew members are on the ship, there are 12 of us and we have 30 days' supplies.
Yesterday's reconnaissance gave a good result, they discovered a crater similar to that of a volcano with an unknown substance inside.

The substance that comes out of the crater is cold and gelatinous, but it pulverizes immediately on contact with the atmosphere, it is green in colour, odorless.

Analyzing it with the tools we have on board, we don't have much feedback. Unlike the rocks that make up the volcano, the green substance is not an element that exists on Earth or that we can compare to something known.

Mission logbook day 85

After 6 days of testing and evaluation, we found that the green substance is flammable. After it pulverizes in contact with the atmosphere, we can collect it in a container and set it on fire.

A teaspoonful can burn for 5 hours providing an excellent amount of energy and heat. After nearly a week in the cold, we started warming up and built a shelter outside the ship.

To be safe, we preferred not to burn it inside, but the technicians are verifying whether it is possible to use the substance as fuel.

Three crew members are ill.

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Mission logbook day 99

Three crew members died this morning. The flu got worse and the doctor couldn't do anything with the medicines we have on board. We believe that a virus has hit them and that too cold has done the rest.

For this we made other trips to the volcano to recover more green substance and give life to other fires, especially to spend the night. Tonight we will make an attempt to burn the substance inside, in order to have a more efficient shelter.

Attempts to use it as fuel have so far been in vain.

Mission logbook day 103

We have been burning the green substance inside the ship for a few days, it emits very little smoke which we are able to convey outside thanks to the exhaust pipes.

Four other crew members have fever and difficulty breathing. I'm afraid we are all infected and will get sick one after another. We've placed them in solitary confinement inside the ship.

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Mission logbook day 109

I believe the green stuff is the cause of the respiratory syndromes. Others have fallen ill and are starting to cough. Breathing is increasingly difficult. The cold, however, is unbearable and we cannot survive without warming up.

There is no way to restart the engines.

Mission logbook day 115

All crew members died. I won't light any more fires. I'm inside the ship. The walls are now frozen. I still have a few meals to eat left over from the deceased people's supplies.

I don't know how much longer I can resist.

I'm the last man standing, I'm Lost in Space.

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The End.

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Woow, excellent narration

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