"2549 Ganymede (23.17.46.11) * Episode 14"

Source: THE ENGINEERS

THE DISASTER

Christina was sleeping through all of these jobs, and the bionic quantum machine used for the calculations was now only used to secure the spaceships.

The drive was not possible to repair and they could only follow the original plan – to go to Alpha and Beta.

The engineers that were awake at this time had accepted Christina’s idea with the ultimate purpose of the Ring and it was never discussed anymore.

When it was their turn to sleep, they informed the next group who just as easily concurred. This was the only solution.

It all had started when they least expected it:
The starships they had constructed on Pluto were based on a drive with a core of dark matter being fed on material collected on the way.

The dark matter was calculated to last at least 500 years.

The space they planned to go through had plenty of materials to scoop up to use with the core.

So much for planning!

Nobody could have foreseen that object, the size of Earth’s Moon heading directly into their path.

The immediate change of direction sent them to a part of space that was really empty.

In turn that had as a consequence that the core could only last so long, and that they would have to abandon the ships once they reached the preplanned solar system.

The ships had a ring of defense lasers for the minor meteorites, and a triple hull to protect against the micro meteorites – but nothing could blow away a moon.

The only option was to change course.

Oda changed course within a split millisecond, no hesitation whatsoever.

After having passed the object at a safe distance for all the ships, she changed back again.

There was a lot of debris in its wake, but nothing their automated defense systems couldn’t handle.

The challenge from now on was to conserve energy and at the same time actively search for more fuel basis.

The long trip started bad, and it would get worse.

... to be continued.

next: "2549 Ganymede (23.17.46.11) * Episode 15" entitled:

"TRIADS' TRAGEDY" / stay tuned...

... SOON