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