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    Blueshift
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    Blueshift

    By Grace E. Robinson

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    Alone.

    On a space station designed for millions, First Lieutenant Elín Hallsdóttir is alone, with only her memories and the other four members of the shut-down crew.

    The station orbits the planet, turning from darkness to light to darkness again. Solar storms are growing, the station is dying, but life continues on. Or does it?

    Elín's past rides with her, and with every rotation of the station her future seems more uncertain. And then the unthinkable happens.

    Can Elín say goodbye to her past before it's too late for her and her companions to have a future?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGrace E. Robinson
    Release dateJul 13, 2017
    ISBN9780998815909
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      Blueshift - Grace E. Robinson

      Blueshift Grace Robinson

      BLUESHIFT

      By Grace E. Robinson

      This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

      © 2017 Grace E. Robinson

      Chapter One

      Standard Day Cycle 1, 11:32 Galactic Standard Time (GST)

      The last cargo ship left the Ring. First Lieutenant Elín Hallsdóttir pressed the key to close the outer airlock door.

      The computer monitor in front of her showed numbers and graphs tracking the course of the ship as it traveled away from the Ring. Across the room, the gray door leading to the airlock was sealed tight, its tiny window showing barely a glimpse of the vastness beyond.

      The final ship is away, sir, Elín said, glancing down again at the monitor. It should reach the hyper-driver transport in two minutes. The transport is online and ready to depart once the cargo ship is attached.

      Very good. Thank you, Halls. Bards stepped up next to her. We did a good job. Six months on this Ring Array and we got every last crew member and piece of equipment sent out on schedule.

      Elín looked up at him. His dark face was round with a smile. Yes, sir, she said. She couldn’t bring herself to smile. They had done their job; they stayed on schedule. And now the Ring Array was empty, with only the five of them remaining.

      Bards tapped his wrist-gear. We’re done, people. The last ship is away. Timms, Kit, Chang, get in here. Time to give our final report before we shut down the uplink.

      On our way, came Timms’ voice over the comm.

      Elín took one last look at the monitor. The cargo ship was docking with the hyper-driver. The engines were bright, and in a moment it would be gone. One hyper-driver transport remained, parked in orbit around the largest moon, engines cool in standby mode, waiting for their own ship to leave the Ring. Not much longer now. Only eighteen more standard days, and Elín would leave the Ring Array forever.

      Timms came into the control room, his hands stuffed in the pockets of his blue-gray jumpsuit. He leaned against the console nearest the doorway. So it’s just us now, huh?

      That’s right, said Bards.

      Elín felt Bards looking over her shoulder at the console. The indicator light for the cargo ship and its transport flashed green, then vanished.

      So, can we celebrate by having a day off? asked Chang.

      Elín glanced up to see Chang sauntering into the room with her usual confidence, as if she owned the universe and was satisfied with her place in it. Elín envied her.

      And do what? said Timms, looking at Chang. All the R&R sectors were stripped and shut down weeks ago.

      Sorry, no day off, said Bards. We’ve got a little over two standard weeks to complete the final phase of the shutdown. Now that the last of the crew has gone, we’re shutting down the uplink to Command. Once a day we’ll turn it on to report to Command and downlink any news or updates. You ready, Kit?

      Kit had come into the room behind Chang, quiet as always. He dipped his head, his shaggy bangs falling over his dark eyes. Ready to record on your mark, sir.

      Bards nodded at him and Kit tapped his wrist-gear.

      This is Commander Solomon Bardens of the Dyson-Vanderklein Habitable Ring Array, Epsilon Omega System. The final stage of phase one of the shutdown is complete. My crew are present and reporting in.

      Bards looked at Elín. She swallowed before speaking.

      First Lieutenant Elín Hallsdóttir, reporting.

      The others reported in.

      Second Lieutenant Adam Timmins.

      Second Lieutenant Jessica Chang.

      Junior Lieutenant Mitsuo Kitagawa.

      Bards nodded at Kit. Send that with the time stamp, then shut down the uplink. Now let’s all get back to the main control room for this sector. It’s time to start cutting the power.

      They boarded a transport tube for the seven-minute ride to the main control room for Sector 68. Gripping one of the support poles, Elín stood with the others in the empty tube cabin. The removal crew had taken the seats out of the tubes, so there remained only the structural poles and the inertial compensators to help them keep their footing as they traveled.

      Bards disembarked first, Elín close behind him. Five pairs of boots echoed on the metal floors as they walked the corridors from the tube bay to the main control room. Elín looked around as they walked; the cold gray walls spoke of lifetimes of whispers,

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