1.  For those who voyage
among the stars,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
2.  time is the most precious resource.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
3.  In starships traveling near light speed,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
4.  time slows to a crawl.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
5.  Days for a traveler could be years
for their loved ones back home.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
6.  Lidon is a frontier planet,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
7.  a new world that had always been too smallCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
8.  to hold Mari Hanson.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
9.  Life was difficult here,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
10.  especially for this first generation
off the arcship from Earth.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
11.  Mari's mother died
in a harsh winter soon after landfall,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
12.  and her father, Nik,
raised her the best he could.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
13.  Dad, you hear about Calen?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
14.  He got a spot on an off-world expedition.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
15.  He's probably gonna be gone for decades.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
16.  I heard. Hand me that spanner.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
17.  Calen was saying
that there's still an opening,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
18.  and I was thinking maybe
I could be the one to take it—Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
19.  Mari, we've been over this.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
20.  You're too young and it's too dangerous.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
21.  But Dad, I'm only a few months short.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
22.  Nobody's gonna check my registry, and—Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
23.  Spoken like a true traveler.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
24.  Rules are for those who lack imagination.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
25.  Rafe Sabatine. You must be...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
26.  On her way home.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
27.  It'll take three days
to fix the port thruster,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
28.  but the valve'll hold
till you get to Scotia.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
29.  Scotia? That's your home port?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
30.  Gods, no.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
31.  Scotia's a celestial graveyard,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
32.  but I hear there's still artifacts
buried in those ruins.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
33.  Hmm. Maybe you can find an artifactCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
34.  that would make Lidon less of a...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
35.  Frozen hellscape?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
36.  Finally done with Sabatine's ship.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
37.  Held together with tape and chewing gum,
but she'll fly.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
38.  Nope, she won't.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
39.  Got a message from Melayu
asking us to impound the ship.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
40.  His father's refusing the bill.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
41.  Seems the kid borrowed it
without permission.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
42.  Aw, every traveler's a thief,
but stealing from your own family?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
43.  Yeah, that boy's all kinds of trouble.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
44.  I can see why Mari's so smitten.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
45.  Come on, Nik.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
46.  Even you can't be that dense.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
47.  That sneaky son of a bitch.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
48.  She's just a kid.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
49.  Nik wasn't a wealthy man,
but his daughter was everything.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
50.  He had to get her back.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
51.  And so, Thadie Voss loaned Nik the moneyCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
52.  to buy himself into the crew
of the Southern Cross.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
53.  The cargo hauler made slow crossings,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
54.  but one port of call was Scotia,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
55.  the same world his daughter was bound for.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
56.  Traveling at near light speed,
one year passed for NikCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
57.  while eight years passed
for Mari on Scotia.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
58.  Once a thriving Celestial world,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
59.  now a radioactive hellscape.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
60.  Some expeditions to her harsh surfaceCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
61.  found priceless artifacts.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
62.  Most found death.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
63.  But Nik refused to give up hope.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
64.  Rafe and Mari had joined
a poorly outfitted expedition,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
65.  a gamble that nearly killed them both.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
66.  But it was Mari who rescued RafeCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
67.  from the remnants guarding the ruins.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
68.  Nik had spent only months
in sliptime on the cargo hauler,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
69.  but in actual time,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
70.  Mari and Rafe had suffered
long, hard years on Scotia.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
71.  Nik followed them to Melayu,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
72.  home world of the Sabatine family.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
73.  I am sorry, Nik.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
74.  You've come a long way for bad news.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
75.  Rafe and Mari left 12 years ago
for Hevelius.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
76.  They were after a map
of lost Détenir worlds.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
77.  But something went wrong.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
78.  Rafe!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
79.  Get to the ship.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
80.  We know they lifted off,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
81.  but we lost contact
when the ship left the system.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
82.  The Celestials will follow them,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
83.  hunt them.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
84.  I'd give anything to help, but...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
85.  A ship.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
86.  Give me a ship.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
87.  Nik knew Mari and Rafe
would be executedCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
88.  for their theft if they were found.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
89.  In desperation,
Nik surrendered himself to the Celestials,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
90.  becoming a member
of their indentured human crew.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
91.  He hoped that if they found Mari,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
92.  he could find some way...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
93.  to save her.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
94.  Rafe. Shut those fucking hatches.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
95.  Just a few more, Mari!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
96.  Can't let this all be for nothing.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
97.  Celestials!
We need to get out of here!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
98.  - There's too many!
- They've got us surrounded!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
99.  Evac now. I repeat, evac now.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
100.  Shit! They're gonna rip us apart!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
101.  Strap in! I'm lifting!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
102.  Head for the gate!
They can't be far behind us.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
103.  We've got incoming!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
104.  Traveler down! Repeat, traveler down!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
105.  Celestial ships are ahead.
They've cut us off from the gate.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
106.  Sending in the clear for La Castella.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
107.  Mari, if you can hear me,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
108.  do exactly as I say.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
109.  - That voice.
- Make your run for the gateCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
110.  as close to the warship as possible.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
111.  Mari, pull up. Mari. Mari! Pull up!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
112.  We need to pull back!
They're locked on. I can't evade!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
113.  Dad!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
114.  Where are you?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
115.  Mari, I'm in a shuttle
on a Celestial ship,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
116.  but I'm going to detonate their reactorCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
117.  in three...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
118.  two...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
119.  Mari, fighters on your tail.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
120.  I see 'em!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
121.  I can't lose 'em!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
122.  Hold on!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
123.  I'm coming, Mari!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
124.  Rafe.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
125.  I'm sorry.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
126.  Mari.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
127.  Mari!Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
128.  Through some miracle,Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
129.  Mari survived.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
130.  But Mari's injuries were too severe.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
131.  We found thousand-year-old technologyCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
132.  that was more advanced than ours.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
133.  Celestials have built empires
across the entire cluster.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
134.  Most...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
135.  have yet to be discovered.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
136.  Nik did his best to extend
the time they had together.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
137.  But in the end...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
138.  he had to let her go.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
139.  He took solace that she'd lived the lifeCopy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
140.  of adventure and wonder.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
141.  The life of a traveler.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
142.  That's right.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
143.  I'm gonna need those engines
back online by 0800.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
144.  Copy that.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
145.  Engines online by 0800.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
146.  Kara Voss?Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
147.  Yeah. That's right.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
148.  I'm a little busy.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
149.  Your grandmother Thady and I
were good friends.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
150.  I owed her a debt.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
151.  With her gone...Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
152.  I reckon this belongs to you.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
153.  A little something
to help warm this place up.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
154.  Hold on.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
155.  This is worth more than every ship here.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
156.  And Port Bering besides.Copy !req 
			
		
	
		
			
157.  Figured I owed a bit of interest.Copy !req