A Mindnode is born

[Shagohad]

Takao sat on the captain's chair, staring at the screens with intense disapproval. The power levels still lingered below the minimal power needs. The only thing that worked was life support, and even now, that was failing. Emergency lights were on reserve power supply, bathing the insides of the ship in an eery red light.

Outside, the two men worked amongst the dangerous asteroids, desperately replacing the power lines. As the back up generator had been running past its normal limits, the power feeds melted down, the failure carrying over to the main generator. It we easily repairable, if not for the fact that the shields were down and there were jagged asteroids outside...

"Alright, Ensign, I've got the cables flayed down. Ready to set the new cable in place?" The CE asked.

"H-hai..." Junya said softly.

As soon as he spoke, the part was lowered into the open compartment in the hull. Junya leaned forward, a spanner and a bolter in his hand. Carefully, he waited for the CE to position it perfectly before setting his tools upon the part and firmly locking it in place.

The whole process had taken an hour before the CE gave Junya a thumbs-up. With a smile, he began to place the tools back in the toolbox. Two tools into the box and the CE stood up, looking about for danger. From the corner of his eye, Junya saw it.

"NO! DON-" Before he could finish his yell, an asteroid had come up behind the CE, catching him on its jagged surface and carrying him away with it. The poor man screamed as he was swept away, the rock heading into the asteroid field. In horror, the other man watched as it smashed into a cluster of other rocks, the screaming of the CE halting instantly.

With his nerves shattered, Junya got up and began running for the airlock.

---

"THE HULL HAS BEEN BREACHED AND THE SCIENCE IS LEAKING OUT!"