Lovely continuation, as always replete with well thought out sci-fi elements. A hard first entry to top in the challenge.

Brilliant entry as always Shu Sam. I really should stop making this so damned easy for you :)

However, my one nitpick is that you have changed the perspective of the author. My story had it as third-person, focusing on the actions of the captain, while you have switched to a first person view. That’s my only issue, otherwise this is brilliant :)

Hmmm… must have pasted an incorrect version. Just going to quickly hack-and-slash it back to its intended form.