The Road of Danger-Arc
“Daniel called toward the entry hold. The Savoy had no method of internal communication beyond the unaided human voice, so he had to shout if he didn’t want to walk into the hold himself. That would have meant leaving the console, which was the only way he could view their surroundings until the hatch was down.
Instead of the carillon of hydraulic pumps withdrawing the dogs securing the Sissie’s main hatch, the yawl provided a squeal, a metal-to-metal screech, and finally a clunk. A moment later... steam, ozone, and the stench of burned organic matter puffed from the hold into the crew capsule.
They’d landed in a former rice paddy. It was obvious that manure had been used to fertilize the crop.
“Well, that’s bloody pathetic,” Hogg said. He stood to the left of the console, holding a carbine for himself and the other for Daniel if the occasion warranted. He could have been referring to any one of several things and been correct.
The yawl’s exterior sensor was a low-resolution optical lens.MoreLess
Instead of the carillon of hydraulic pumps withdrawing the dogs securing the Sissie’s main hatch, the yawl provided a squeal, a metal-to-metal screech, and finally a clunk. A moment later... steam, ozone, and the stench of burned organic matter puffed from the hold into the crew capsule.
They’d landed in a former rice paddy. It was obvious that manure had been used to fertilize the crop.
“Well, that’s bloody pathetic,” Hogg said. He stood to the left of the console, holding a carbine for himself and the other for Daniel if the occasion warranted. He could have been referring to any one of several things and been correct.
The yawl’s exterior sensor was a low-resolution optical lens.MoreLess
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