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Posted in Science Fiction on Apr 19, 2024

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Beyond our star

Katy H

Weekly Contest #247

I have to get it working. Four hours without life support and we'll all be dead, but that's not the main thing. I mean, it is. Obviously. None of us want to die out here, least of all me. But we've also got a point to prove.  They said we weren't ready. The Council fought us every inch of the way, and I know it was only Ethan's intervention that got our expedition over the line. Ethan's name, really. There's only so much can be denied to the crown prince, even by the Council.  And the reason Ethan fought them so hard? Me. So we're ...

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