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GSS Hunter
Location unknown
Date unknown
When Nick materialized in the jump pod bay, he was relieved to find Bones, Siren, Gears, and the Kid in their hyper-sleep jumpsuits readying the pods for the jump. Obri and the girl had already been secured in the spare sleep pods every ship carried and were already in hyper-sleep.
Gears looked up at Nick from where he was programming the sleep system on the pod control pad when the materializer beam released him. “Captain,” he said, his voice brimming with relief. “Sir, we have to get in the hyper-sleep pods immediately. I’ve been monitoring the grid of the containment tank in the center of the alien ship, and it’s deteriorating faster than their SIN told us. I suspect they actually didn’t know how long it would take given the power generat
