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"Alright, we're closing in on the ship."
To the side of the scrap trawler named Expanse was a small recon class ship, dingy and dormant, just barely visible in the shadow of the nearby moon. Ships like this that were intact, were a rare sight in the 0 sector, but not totally uncommon. The scrap trawler made contact with the ship and the entire hull shook with a bassy soft rumble, followed by a series of sharper clicks and thuds as the airlocks made contact. The airlock was a tight and rudimentary space, with just a heavy door leading back to the expanse and out of the ship. The radio in the airlock crackled to life.
"Ugh, damnit, hold on there just a second, problems with the locks again."
The coordinator's face was lit up in greens and reds as their sight and fingers moved from button to lever. After a series of thunks and wheezes from the machinery inside the airlock the two ships were now connected.
"Good to go. LSS systems are offline, so be mindful of your air and umbilical."
With a few knocks on the hull as a sign of acknowledgement the group of three twisted the airlock open and were off.
The ships interiors were surprisingly clean, apart from some specs of dust and particulates floating in the stagnant air. As the group moved further and further from the airlock they soon found the doors leading to the cockpit. After a few twists from a crowbar the door opened up, but within the cockpit the previous normalcy they had experienced ceased. Something organic was growing all over the consoles. The group's radio crackled to life with the voice of the coordinator.
"What the hell is that, is it alive?"
The group stared at the mass until one of them gave it a hesitant touch to which the yellowish mass responded by shifting ever so slightly.
"I don't like this, we should leave."
As the group deliberated on leaving, one of the large growths lining the walls of the cockpit burst open. A loud crash followed after as a large monstrosity fell out of it. Stunned the group stared as its towering form raised up before them. Only once the creatures tentacles entangled one of them did they begin to stumble and run from the cockpit. As they did so, another growth burst open, revealing a swarm of smaller creatures, that immediately began to skitter after the fleeing duo. It was a short run back to the airlock, but during it, the smaller creatures overwhelmed one of them group, leaving only one of them to reach the airlock. He slammed the door closed, but before he could do so, two of the smaller creatures managed to squeeze into the airlock with him. They crawled and skittered all over him, one of them he could feel even biting into his suit. However even monstrosities from the stars are susceptible to cold hard steel and with two hard blows they were both knocked off, and promptly finished off.
"Disengage, disengage, shit!".. full story here- https://www.furaffinity.net/view/58910825/
2024-12-06 09:58:35 +0000