I thought I was doing acceptably well. They were on duty before the collision, but I can’t reach them. XXX Good work, Evan. I still miss them, over 80 years later. Water levels in tanks B and C?”
“B is at 96 percent, C is at 53.”
I asked, “Ship atmosphere?”
“94 percent, decreasing two percent per minute.” We had some time, but not a lot. My duty for the last month wasn’t very heroic. Tanks B and C are leaking, and airlock 2 is damaged. Soon, I would go back in cold sleep. I got on the ship-wide comm, “Engineers and Builders, prepare for EVA to repair air leaks and water tank B. The real heroes were the four of them. They were checking for leaks.”
“Send any available Science and Hab crew to search for them.”
Commander Mori sleepily walked into the cockpit, rubbing his eyes.
