Chapter 9The largest problem with evacuating the marines was the poisonous fumes and vapors inside the main corridor. There was a system to vent that sort of thing, but the controls for it had been destroyed along with the bridge. CIC had duplicate controls in place, but could still be in pirate hands. We were running out of time. The hangar bay doors were still open, and life support seemed to still function. I decided that the most expedient plan was to open an airlock door allowing the vacuum of space to fix all of our most significant problems. How to get the marines past the poison gas?
Timing was everything. That and NOT getting sucked out the door! Rushing back to the airlock, I had Wilson override the safeties on the door. I used my space suit’s magnetic system to lock me to the b
