The Lucky Penny

[Zapp]

0357.

Sydney looked at the clock above the airlock door and zippered up her space suit, grabbing her helmet. Her hair was in a bun on the top of her head, and her backpack was at her feet. It was full of all sorts of thieving equipment. She checked the small blaster she kept in her right boot, the "just in case" measure, and shouldered her backpack. Pulling her helmet on and clicking it into place, she attached the O2 line from the can of compressed oxygen on her belt to the helmet.

0359.

She opened the airlock inner door and looked outside the small window in the outer door. The inner door closed behind her, the atmosphere was drained from the compartment, and she waited.

The lights flickered then shut off on the battleship, and that was her cue. Opening the airlock's outer door, she hopped out... which sent her slowly hurtling towards her destination, a maintenance airlock which let into an unused part of the ship, which should be fairly quiet.

At least she hoped.

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