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Chapter #4
Rise and Shine
by: Unknown
A row of dim lights slowly flicker to life in the darkness, illuminating, if barely, thee pristine white corridors of what little remains of Manifest Destiny, what had been a colony ship during humanities golden age. An unknown calamity had put an end to that, and the vessel's shattered hull has drifted in a slow circuit of the galactic core long enough for galactic civilization to rise and fall at least three times.
Deep inside the forward section of the ship, as lights and artificial gravity slowly start to come back online, so do other systems. The emergency stasis tanks in the crew compartent thrum with energy, and at least one of them creaks open slowly.
"Greetings," the ships AI chimes in a helpful tone, "Elapsed time since stasis activation has been eight-million-three-hundred-fourty-six-thousand-nine-hundred and four years, sixty eight days, and some other time aside from that," it finishes in a suddenly bored feminine voice.
As the pods occupant steps clear, a small laser node in the cieling scans across them, prompting the AI to respond, "Let's see, subject is..."
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