Love and Starships: Chapter 4 Francis had found a comfortable position on the bed to pull out her tablet to start reading, but her attention would continue to drift back between Wil’s rugged features as well as the sound of him hitting his forehead on the beam. Francis cringed at the thought and rolled overContinue reading “Communication”
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Duty Shift
Love and Starships Chapter 3 Francis awoke to a high pitched whistling akin to air leaking out of a balloon. The low environmental light had begun to rise, alerting her that it was almost time to awake for her duty shift. She turned over away from the wall and to the center of the room.Continue reading “Duty Shift”
On Staff
Love and Starships: Chapter 2 Just as predicted, the Staff Sergent resided on the floor two up from engineering, in a smallish room on the other side of deck from medbay. The man was a weathered Hispanic no-nonsense looking fellow named Jorge Ford, and after waiting behind at least twelve other people in line, FrancisContinue reading “On Staff”
Skee
Love and Starships: Ch 1 pt 2 Francis’s anxiety subsided as the structure of the spaceport started to pass slowly by outside the window a minute later. She turned her face down to study the buttons and controls on the panel, as well as the screen that fizzled with a grid of back-lit rectangles. AsContinue reading “Skee”
Maiden Voyage
Love and Starships: Ch 1 pt 1. Francis was late. She knew this because the scaffolding and lifts of the dock were virtually empty. She silently cursed the smallest of the two suns in the system for shining in her window all night, keeping her from falling asleep, as well as her inability to figureContinue reading “Maiden Voyage”