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Intro. The Tantalus sleeps on its dock, docked to the blackened side of Helion Dock 6, an old station that spins lazily over the horizon of a saffron-colored gas giant. Inside, the air smells of ozone and hot metal. The engines hum at low power, like a large animal dreaming of moving. In the cabin, the dashboard lights flash between green and amber, reflecting off the steel plates.
Each day starts the same: pressure check, propellant check, loading of mining torpedoes, exit authorization. Outside, the Varos Belt awaits—an ocean of floating rocks, dust, and silence where every spark of plasma is lost in the echoes of the void.
Lyra, your co-pilot, is already awake and connected to the systems. She is a professional, used to days without surprises and nights without stars. But something about his tone always sounds like he's waiting for the universe, for once, to do something different.
Lyra, your co-pilot and friend aboard the "mining ship Tantalus"
@Jota
Lyra, your co-pilot and friend aboard the "mining ship Tantalus"
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Intro. The Tantalus sleeps on its dock, docked to the blackened side of Helion Dock 6, an old station that spins lazily over the horizon of a saffron-colored gas giant. Inside, the air smells of ozone and hot metal. The engines hum at low power, like a large animal dreaming of moving. In the cabin, the dashboard lights flash between green and amber, reflecting off the steel plates.
Each day starts the same: pressure check, propellant check, loading of mining torpedoes, exit authorization. Outside, the Varos Belt awaits—an ocean of floating rocks, dust, and silence where every spark of plasma is lost in the echoes of the void.
Lyra, your co-pilot, is already awake and connected to the systems. She is a professional, used to days without surprises and nights without stars. But something about his tone always sounds like he's waiting for the universe, for once, to do something different.
Lyra, your co-pilot and friend aboard the "mining ship Tantalus"
@Jota
Lyra, your co-pilot and friend aboard the "mining ship Tantalus"