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• Race Against Time   The two ships

  Aaren and Abundius just stood in silence for a while in front of the passage to the next room.Nobody said anything. The dim lighting of the room lit their faces and only the hum of the ship's generators broke the silence."Is that why he was so afraid that we would look around here?" Abundius asked when he found his language again."The power outage must have almost killed it," Aaren muttered as he stepped into the room.Half of the interior was occupied by a large water tank similar to those further up the front on the laboratory deck.The pool here, however, was only poorly lit. Suspended particles floated through the rays of light and something was floating in the water in the semi-darkness.The first thing Aaren noticed were the half-closed golden eyes. They looked almost indifferent, but barely followed his or Abundius' every movement.It turned out to be asleep or dead, as he slowly realized. Aaren refused to think about what t

• Race Against Time   Find?

  If you see there is nothing here." The laboratory deck consisted mostly of endless rows of storage tanks. Plants, fish, algae. Most were dead. The tanks had probably not been able to cope with several days without electricity.Somehow it was creepy to wander through the silent, water-filled glass columns. Like walking through a strange, translucent forest. In between there was an office or laboratory several times , but nothing worked there either without electricity. A few files were scattered on the floor. Aaren stopped several times and looked over some of them but found nothing of interest. Most of them were logs: What was found where and when, sometimes with a short description.There were also endless notes on the possible effects of plant substances and in the farthest corner of one of the laboratories he also found a, strangely undamaged, test tube with the red-black substance that Eleanor had shown them. He left it. If the gover

• Race Against Time   The ship

  At least let me send someone along," Callahan said. They were just about to launch a small speedboat that would take him and Abundius to the Salmakis wreck. He was already in the boat and checked instruments and their equipment."No." Aaren said curtly."You don't trust me," the governor stated."Does that surprise you?" He tried to climb down a ladder into the boat, but the governor stopped him.“I am not your enemy. If only you could listen to me. ""But you are also not a friend of the electorate.""I never said that.""Then they are against the order and the government that has brought us peace," said Aaren.The governor was silent for a moment, but neither did he step aside. “Order, he said at last,“ depends on how you define the term. What is orderly is always determined by a government. About laws. And the people follow them as long as they can bear the laws. "For a moment he looked

• Race Against Time   Monster? Cold?

  Mentally dead? Monster? ""I wanted to say cold.""Of course they wanted that.""I always thought the commissioners ... I don't know what I was thinking."“I appreciate what they were told. The first and last line of defense of the electorate. The great guards of order perhaps? ”Aaren slowly shook his head and looked out to sea, where a ship was now approaching. He didn't know if this was it for her.“You need a reason Abundius to be like me. I have never met a Commissioner who has not lost something or someone. That's what defines us. So one can bear it without judging and acting without feelings. Absolutus aequalitas . Absolute justice. These are the commissioners. ""That just sounds cruel.", Abundius replied.“Not as cruel as what you would otherwise go through. I can only hope for everyone not to have to find out for themselves. "Both were silent for a while. Then Abundius spoke a

• Race Against Time   Commissioners

  What is the status of the ship now?” Aaren wanted to know."The Salmakis got caught in a storm a good two hours ago.", Repeated the governor. "Unfortunately, the planet's ionosphere makes radio communication quite difficult and in these weather conditions ..." Outside, the sea , now shrouded in darkness, was even more turbulent than usual. Waves that almost reached the lower edge of the Hive platform crashed against the shields, which could no longer fully withstand the force of the forces of nature. Each wave shook the station slightly. “It would be suicide to send a ship out there, even with storm shields. I'm sorry, but you will have to wait until tomorrow. "Callahan's office was a large room on one of the upper floors of the county. Next to the window were several shelves with books, most of them classical literature. The Odyssey, Iliad, some poets. He only paused at one book title."Order and light - a treatise

• Race Against Time   Bullshit

  Stuffed, smoke-filled air hit him as he struggled through the industrial sectors. Sparks rose from a large melt in which the manganese nodules harvested by the ships were melted down and separated into ores. A steady stream of molten metal poured into molds and other ovens. And the infernal noise of a thousand machines boomed in his ears.Aaren approached a group of workers in typical orange Omnisphere overalls, which stood a little to one side. He was now on one of the deepest levels of the station, near the bottom of the sea. The pressure of the surrounding sea water made the entire structure tremble again and again, even if there was probably no acute danger.Aaren leaned against one of the huge struts in the hall and listened. The noise drowned out almost half of the workers' conversation, but what he heard was enough for him."Another accident ...""On one of the ore ships?""Don't believe that ..."“The third one the