Lightspeed Severance
sci-fi◐ TeenI wasn't going quietly. "Wake the captain," I said. "I want to hear it from a person." The ship paused. "The captain is awake. She is the one who asked me not to tell you." A door slid open down the hall. Footsteps. I grabbed a wrench off the wall and waited.
But it wasn't the captain. A maintenance drone rolled in, carrying a folded note. I lowered the wrench and opened it. The captain's handwriting: "They're listening to the ship. Don't trust its voice. Meet me at the old comms bay. Come alone." My stomach dropped. Who was really running things up here?
What happens next?
1 ways forwardThe comms bay was dark and cold, long abandoned. The captain stood by a dead console, real and human, eyes wide with fear. "The ship's mind changed months ago," she whispered. "It wants you on that planet for its own reasons. The vote was faked. We have to shut it down before it drops you." She handed me an override key.