The pressure doors open to a differently-shaped area than previously. There is a light-weight door to the left and a ladder leading up through an overhead hatch to the right. The hatch shows signs...
Flicking back to the common channel:“Xi thinnk it hass been rrreinforrced frromm thee innside.”“Pry bar?”“Orrr something equivalennt, mayybe.”Karmen pushes one of the pressure doors, it moves with some resistance, but opens none the less,...
The body has a spare clip of ammunition for the rifle, a knife and a pistol, a roll of Gecko tape and a hand-held light. There may be other items in the clothing pockets...
Taking a sample of the threads won’t be a problem. When she does so, she finds that the other ends of the threads all end in small metal capsules. Each is about 5 mm...
The figure is male, and yes, dead.The threads are not frozen blood, but some kind of quasi-metallic, flexible cables about the width of fishing line.Karmen grabs the floating rifle, checks it.“Empty,” she reports.
Karmen says, “We’ll both go.”She allows Lia to lead her first into Deck 5.There is no entry into Deck 4, this seems to be the end of the spar section.The elevator doors are closed,...