Loose Lips - a sci fi adventure
LOOSE LIPS A sci fi adventure By Chris Lowry With no engines running, the silence of space leaks past the thick re enforced bulkheads that separate a pocket of air from the vacuum. The quiet permeates the recycled air, clinging to the skin like dew on a grass blade, a memory from back home. Inside, one can imagine the pinpricks of starlight slice through the emptiness, casting a pale white illumination across the dull gunmetal hull of a cigar shaped cylinder, a lifepod. The lifepod is a twenty foot long, twelve foot wide sealed compartment, a safe haven in the harsh environment of space when all else is lost on a space station, or moon colony. Lifepods are the last resort in any emergency, an all hope is lost, abandon ship and hope they hear the SOS place to wait for pick up. What they lack in design, they make up in Spartan utility. Primitive maneuvering with air propulsion engines, used for simple course correction. Communica
