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There was little that Coppélia could do to occupy herself whilst she waited for a rescue that may never happen. In a way it was fortunate that she needed so long to absorb the sun’s energy between bouts of activity; she could put herself into sleep-mode and not feel the hundreds of days passing by. She had been gradually increasing the radius of her walkabouts and had recently taken steps to increase the distance of her expeditions. She didn’t have to connect to anything back at the landing shuttle whilst she absorbed energy, so she didn’t see any reason not to stop and recharge her solar cells on the journey. This journey would be in three parts. That is, she would venture as far as she could, charge her solar cells for two hundred and ninety-four Earth days, walk some more, then rech
