Sunday, February 23, 2014
Today was the day the transfer unit arrived. I woke up early, rushed down to the hangar bay. Over night, the hangar bots had installed the shiny new unit on my humble little ship. I climbed in the cockpit nearly as quickly as I could, blew through take-off procedure, and found myself confronting the same looming asteroid in a matter of minutes. This time, I knew what to do. My drones had slept softly on the surface, but still diligently beamed readouts to my HUD. Yes. There she was. 99% Hargonite. It hadn't been a dream.
My flight gloves glued to the stick, I carefully positioned myself to align with the drone. Odd, I thought. Space felt...somehow, more fluid than before. I drifted easily into position. More easily than I remembered. Ah, what of it - a few days out of the cockpit and I had already forgotten what flying felt like. Either that or someone had tampered with the very nature of space. Hah.
Aligned wth the access point. Here we go. The moment I had been waiting for. Would it be worth the cash I sunk into that thing? Let's find out.
I squeezed the trigger. A bright blue light flared up where the unit was installed. It formed itself into a coherent beam and flew towards the asteroid, making rather good time. Upon impact it washed over the surface, lighting the rock and several around it with the cool, pulsating photons of transference. Just like in the advertisement, I thought. Sure enough, I watched as the cargo readout slowly climbed. 2% capacity...4%....8%! Yes, it was working. My heart filled with joy. I had come, I had surveyed, and I had taken this little deep-space treasure for myself.
A few minutes later I found myself back in the hangar bay, this time with a hold at 95% capacity. No, I'm no rich man. Not yet. But with a hundred tonnes of compressed Hargonite to my name, I wasn't doing so bad for myself. I jumped out of the cockpit and headed down to the market district, impatient to discover what offers would await me.
Again, I thought, I would sleep well tonight.
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Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:43 am
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Week of February 23, 2014
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.” ~ Henry Ford