“You sure this is the place?” Skinny asked, his voice skeptical as the small group stepped out of the shuttle. He’d been brought up on an ass end of beyond colony ranch, but this place? Inhospitable didn’t cover it.
The rolling hills and wooded copses should have been pleasant. Should. Instead the wind was biting and near arctic one moment and then threatened to bake your skin off next. The suns were relentless and blinding, and he was fairly sure predators watched them from the trees. f**k, for all he knew the trees themselves could be the predators. They looked more fauna than flora to him.
“Yeah… great. Isn’t it?” Sparky replied with a broad grin. “Sorry about the walk, but she’ll have outer defenses up and running. Can’t be too careful.”
The human strode forward. “Might wanna keep b
