Lost in space...
Hi there as you probably read i'm new at this, and this is my first published story,
yes it is a series, and i'll continue it as soon as i get time.
pleas comment, and if you cant say anything nice don't say anything
spelling and grammar help is appreciated.
i suck at that...
It all started with an interview.A job to work in outer space, on the galaxy H100383.H meaning it contained Helium 3, Helium in its metal form.Worth millions on earth.100383 is how many light-years it is away from earth.I got accepted as a programmer, basic maintenance,They targeted furies because we were outcastsDethatched from earth.Most of us did not have a solid relationshipAnd we were hardworking and cheap.We were all on the intergalactic expressThe spaceship which took us to a planet in the H100383Galaxy.It was fitted with an H3 accelerator which took us to the planet in under 3 Years; dont expect to get those back anytime soon.It would have been nice if is stood in the contract we signed...They gathered the Helium 3 from a meteorite that is why they are so expensive.Anyway the mine is proving to be very productive and my pay is not too bad,I've been on this planet for 4 years now and almost done with the fifth!If it is done I am free to go home!I signed a five, year contract with ''Galexar Intergalactic mining inc.''The pay is moderate; I got one of the better contracts.I got a free home, a small apartment and free food in the mess hall.And seeing that I dont need to pay for anything, and that I sold my home its like a saving spree.I calculated that by the time I get home I will be a millionaire!There is no tax in space...
In only a short week I will be heading home to planet earth, I better be getting some overtime if I want to come back rich!
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Looking at the hardware inside the huge server farms at the mine it looked like I was in for an all-nighter everything was covered in dust and this is not your regular earth dust, this dust was abundant on this planet at was a semi magnetic kind of dust that clings to everything. I had to somehow demagnetise it to get it loose!
''All the money invested in this project and they cannot afford a simple dust filter?!'' I mumbled to myself ''Oh well I guess thats why they hired me...'' ''And if this stuff gets into the hard drive bays all the data will all be lost.'' ''Hundreds of hours of faultfinding!'' ''That reminds me I need to run a backup of the primary boot disk and log files...''
I always talk to myself while working it kind of helps me concentrate... And it helps not getting bored too.
So I worked on not noticing the time Ive almost been up for 36 hours! And I still need to do a pile of work the ship leaves in two days! Looking at my watch I saw it was one o clock in the morning... ''Or today!'' ''I'll just need to sleep on the ship'' So I started with the backups, I felt the drowsiness come over me. After almost falling asleep I went to get myself some coffee.
"Damn the milk is finished! here milk is hard to get by but they set up a farm to produce it." So I went to the storage refrigerator to get it Still tired I tripped over the ledge bumped my head and fell asleep, I was lucky I could have gotten seriously hurt! Too tired to get up I just laid there and did nothing...
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I guess you all know what comes next... Ok this is my first ever story publicly availeble please be considerent with the comments... I know it isn't perfect but it is my first.