Voiding the warranty

[Vulkhard Muller]

Voiding the Warranty

Chapter 2: Too close for comfort

"Warning Radiation Damage Detected"

Rick yawned, an alarm sound he had heard hundreds of times before, once he was on edge when he heard it now? Not the least bit concerned...mostly.

As he made his way through the West Leeds Smog Cloud the T-382-T "Kamome" Kusari Mining Ship sensors seemed less keen on the acidic nature of the cloud. He hopes this would work like he expected but there was no guarantee. To his knowledge something like this had never, officially at least, ever been attempted. To make matters worse he was no scientist, he had no proof he wouldn't end up dead in this cloud.

"Objective Reached"

Rick pulled himself up and climbed small ladder leading to the Scrubber Control Room. He walked down the length of the room double checking the fuel cannisters. They were secure and all seals locked. Last thing he wanted to do end up breathing this shit in.

He took a deep breath and walked over to the control panel and began powering up the Helium Scrubbers. A loud hum could be heard as the ships core began powering the systems.

3....

2....

1....

He flipped the switch and for a moment everything was fine that's when he smelled it, before he could turn around he saw it brown smog was filling the upper reaches room.


"Shiii!!!!"

He dove for the shaft back to the cockpit as alarms started blaring:

WARNING:
VOLATILE GAS LEAKS DETECTED

WARNING:
SCRUBBING SYSTEM FAILURE DETECTED INITIATING FAILSAFE PROCEDURES

WARNING:
INTERNAL ATMOSPHERIC CONTAMINATION DETECTED, INITIATING EMERGENCY VENTALATION PROCEDURES

Rick slid down the ladder slamming a red button on the way down sealing an small internal airlock. he ran over to the comms array coughing:

"SOS this is Junker Congress Vessel E.P.A. Newport Station I have a severe hull breach and have Smog filling my ship! Need Immediate assistance!!"

He gagged as the internal life support systems began failing and the smog began permeating the small room

Just before going unconscious he slipped the emergency rebreather on hitting repeat on the previous transmission before fading into unconsciousness.

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