Thursday, 13 October 2022

Agnes

She was born exactly nine months and a day after the starship left Earth.


She grew up on the starship, every day spent seeing the stars drifting past the heavy windows, learning why the ship left Earth, and where they were going.


When she turned 16, she received her designation, and joined the workers in Resource Management.


For 80 years, every day, she watched the screens, checking waste tubes, running analysis on reclamation processes, and helped keep the ship running.


She died nine months and a day before the ship encountered the planet.


At terminal velocity, so she was lucky.

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