Before the Artens closed, a generation ship began its journey to Proxima b, the closest exoplanet to Earth. The hope is that they will be able to form the first human colony outside the solar system. But they have to get there, first.
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"More like vocational school; we're finding the jobs that best fit you."
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 25, 2019
"Jobs on Proxima b?"
"You'll all be old or dead by the time we arrive. Your children will run things by then. Most of you will have ship jobs."
"Dead? We'll die on this ship?"
"Yes."#microfiction#scifi
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115.
I'm a cleaning expert.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 26, 2019
Been a janitor for years.
Anyone can do this job, but it has to be done.
So twenty of us lucky bastards clean this ship, and our grandkids'll help found the first colony outside the solar system with the grandkids of scientists.#microfiction#scifi
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116.
"We've prepared for it. This ship can be converted into a terrestrial or aquatic colony as needed, and we have supplies to settle the ice crust."
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 27, 2019
"That doesn't change that the only land mass we've found is on the uninhabitable dark side of the planet!"#microfiction#scifi
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117.
"Doesn't work."
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 28, 2019
"What? How do you know?"
"They tested it. Can't freeze a person fast enough; the process damages the tissue. Even if they survive, they come back covered in severe frostbite."
"Ouch. But more like freezer burn, amirite?"
"You're an idiot."#microfiction#scifi
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118.
Five miles might seem like a lot, until you realize that those are the only five miles you'll ever walk as long as you live.
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 30, 2019
I'm going crazy.
I keep walking this ship over and over, hoping to find some inch I haven't seen yet.
The black is calling me.#microfiction#scifi
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119.
Attention:
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 30, 2019
No unauthorized personnel are allowed in the engine room.
If you have clearance, keep track of your access badge.
The kids who sneaked in will be put to work cleaning in the kitchens, with the exception of the girl who broke her arm.
Thank you.#microfiction#scfi
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120.
"Fifty, ma'am, with new cases coming in every week."
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) July 31, 2019
"Fifty! Our crew will feel the strain of staff reductions if we lose too many more to this."
"Yes, but I advise we keep this quiet until we get control of this. A panic will only cause more breakdowns."#microfiction#scifi
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121.
"I'm, uh, not allowed to say. Patient confidentiality."
— Wild Speculation Studios, Andrew Reising 🌈 (@WSpeculation) August 1, 2019
"Oh, come on. We're not asking you to name names, just give us a number!"
"I can't discuss it! Now leave me alone!"
"That bad? Shit. We can't even leave the solar system without falling apart."#microfiction#scifi
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