Stories tagged “planet”
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Zero X Nine Series - Laura's Resistance
“What is going to happen to the women, and the children?” Laura spoke in a worry tone. Inside the kitchen lighting up a smoke, stood Captain Alexander. Alexander turned to his wife; spoke with no concerns of others. “Let the weak di...
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Zero X Nine Series - Laura's Ambitions
Zero X Nine had become a desolate playground for thieves, rapists, and murders over the months. Civilians where struck with fear of being stranded on a cosmic planet, not having any knowledge to when help would arrive. Their fearless leader was among t...
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The Top of the World
The wire that holds the world in place may break. They know this. They have seen it happen. Their globe is the largest in view; just large enough for them to sit side by side. When they were children they could roam its curved surface but now that they...
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The New Universe Order
Every planet has a specific purpose. Asop-5 is a residential planet. If any citizen not assigned labour there tries working whilst on the planet, they would be fined so many credits their bank accounts would be sore. To work, you have to go to a planet...
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Why?!?!
Earth looked at the solar system and gasped, something was hurtling towards him. “Oh Noes!!” he yelled, “Why me?! Why me?!” On Earth, millions stared upon hearing the news. A Meteor the size of a small moon was hurtling towards ...
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Chain of Order
Yesterday, Nina was taken to the port. She cried too much for my liking – it made me want to cry, too. She made us sweets and left them on the counter with a note blurred and softened by tears; it was just like her. She did it despite the beating...
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Vortices
He stood on the surface of the rough, desert planet; small vortices of sand, like ghosts, swirling and drifting around the ankles of his suit. He stared up at the sky, the familiar stars of home in unfamiliar constellations sparkling back at him, and t...
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SNOW
The planet named Kryon 7 is in deep winter. It has been that way for nineteen million years. The purple clouds converge over all of Kryon 7 as the thick blizzard of blue luminescent snow blankets the world. Underneath Kryon, the long frozen ocean of fo...
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Just a Purple Rock
I opened the rocket doors and peered out into the extraterrestrial purple landscape, thick smog filled the atmosphere and high crater walls extended up into the martian sky. Upon my first steps form the shuttle the rockets beneath my feet seemed to emi...
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Unrecognized Life?
I stepped once more out of the safety of my rocket out on to the alien landscape. To my surprise the crunchy surface from before was now smooth. It wasn’t for a decent walk till I heard the familiar crunchy squeaking sounds under my feet. I bent down...
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Rotational Rationale
When the heart persists You don’t feel the planet’s Tremendous twists Until it lifts away And you no longer exist In its night and day.
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Eponymous
When I woke up, my head screaming in protest to consciousness and my body slow to respond, I instantly knew what happened. Opening my eyes and rubbing them with my aching arms, I stared down the corridor of the Lucas. I was nestled in between my pod an...
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Landfall
My eyes ran up and down the Lucas. It was the first time I had seen her in the flesh, never actually getting so much as a glance at her body when she was in drydock. Finally seeing it was like falling in love. The entire thing looked like an enormous, ...
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A journey of 58 miles begins with a single step
I walked out past the ship, heading eastwards. Lucas and I were nestled in a low, shallow valley. Ahead of me, I could see long grass swaying in the wind, tree leaves quiverring gently and a glistening silver river wind side to side like a snake before...
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A Tattoo of Pain
Orbiting a Class K supergiant, my old tech, it’s now since been updated, as Man has changed and learned much during his time in the void, where were we, oh, yes, my old tech, silvery and cumbersome, ruptured. I died of instantaneous decompression...
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Separation
His hand pounded on the glass panel window soaked with condensation from the heat of the room. “The glass is too goddamn thick!” Aaron shouted furiously. “They don’t even know we’re down here!” Crystal responded fri...
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Separation [2]
“Aaron I can’t tie it! I can’t tie it!” Crystal yelled in complete panic. Aaron tugged on the tie to finish the knot and held on. “10, 9, 8.” the countdown continued. A violent shaking overtook the module and the noi...
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Separation [3]
And suddenly everything stopped, the lights, the sirens, the steam. There was no more power to the module. Then the shaking resumed as the module entered an unmarked planet’s gravity field. The module began falling to the planet. “Hold on!&...
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Separation [4]
“Commander I have just received word from Nova;2B that our two test subjects have crash landed on the far side of the planet.” a crewman said furiously tapping away at a touch panel. " Very good. Are they in condition to be tested?&quo...
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Separation [5]
After walking for several miles the two stopped and took shelter in an indent in a canyon wall. They quickly fell into a deep sleep due to exhaustion. “Commander, the subjects have fallen asleep.” “Very good, retrieve them. Be quiet...
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Separation [6]
“Hello Mr.Novack or should I now say B345.” said the Commander from the doorway. “Wha…” Aaron tried to reply in his daze. “Welcome to your new home for the new few moons.” Aaron began to doze off as the Command...
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Separation [7]
Aaron awoke again now in a glass cylinder waist deep in water. He then noticed Crystal restrained to a chair. The Commander was next to her. She looked at Aaron terrified. Men and women in suits shuffled into the room which he then realized was a large...
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Separation [8]
Aaron panicked. The audience observed with harsh yet mildly amused faces as if he were some sort of trained animal performing tricks. “Now, my lead scientist will use the water to conduct electricity to shock the boy. The wires you see attached t...
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Separation [9]
The Commander quickly rushed down the hallway and into an empty conference room. “Let the meeting begin.” he said. Several holograms of various officials appeared in the seats. “Good evening and we apologize for the inconvenience but ...