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GSS Survivor
Alliance Station
Orbiting Earth's moon
4143.12.3 Galactic
Nick rose from his desk chair as Edgar Whizzar entered his cabin through the open door leading from the corridor. Nick had left it open after he entered. It cycled closed once the chairman was inside.
The two men shook hands and shared grim looks. Nick offered the chairman the second chair beside his desk, then sat down himself.
"I'm leaving for the Armstrong shipyard in fifteen minutes, so what's this meeting about?" Nick said, getting down to business immediately. Like pulling a bad tooth, it was best to get the pain over quickly.
Whizzar leaned forward in the chair. "Two years ago, someone broke into a top secret Alliance laboratory and stole a new type of energy our science team developed. It basically ha
