He turned toward the SE flagship,
swallowed hard, and stepped toward the airlock. He ran to catch up to
Madera.
Captain Marks-Owens watched them for a moment, then turned her
attention back to the activity of the men who were supplying the
temporary power to the complex before her. The grandeur of the view
impressed her.
"This place that seemed so menacing when we first landed is beginning
to look a little less threatening now," she thought. "Hard to believe
we are aboard a runaway asteroid that will destroy Earth in eight days,
unless we can turn it aside somehow."
20: Desperation
THE STAR RANGER sped through space toward its rendezvous point with the
racing asteroid. Given the urgency of the situation, Zip had ordered
the maximum acceleration that their bodies could tolerate. Mark had
programmed their course to bring them as quickly as possible up to
boarding speed with the asteroid. Having done that, he pored through
the printed material he had taken from the asteroid's power plant. He
felt hopelessness creeping over him since he didn't know what Zimbardo
had done to burn it out.
Zip came over and stood near where Mark was seated with a dim lamp
illuminating the papers in front of him. The lamp was designed to burn
with a soft light tinged with the faintest trace of light green, to be
easiest on the eyes.
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