Hikaru

It turned almost midnight when the patrol drone returned to the ship, finding its way back from the thick of the forest and into the edge of the woods where we landed. As the drone approached, my goggles started getting the patrol feed which I fast forward to see if it found what we were looking for on Six Gate, a small Earth-like planet orbiting Tau Hydrae, a triple star system in the equatorial constellation of Hydra, 59 light-years from Earth, after a long 3 years journey from Python - my home planet and the nearest planet in this desolated corner of the galaxy. The drone landed quietly and the onboard AI flashed a quick message over my googles view screen. "We found her, Ser. 2 clicks...View all