Chapter 9
The Past
“Get in there you little s**t!”
Here I was wedged under the solar maintenance console trying, trying to attach the cable runs. Some i***t had made the wires too short. Since I WAS the i***t, I have only myself to blame.
Fifteen years, I have been on this station fifteen years!
If I had not been an engineer, I think I wouldn’t have survived this long out here alone. I still have lots of little projects that I am working on but...
“Wilson!” Silence.
“What is that loud beeping noise?”
“Ensign, that is the early warning system alarm. Three unknown ships have just entered the Nebula.”
“What!... Ouch, that frakking hurt.”
Surprised, I jerked forward and whacked my head on the console. Again, some i***t made it way too low!
“Bring the system up to full readiness and
