Chapter 9
“Without the Kosmos and the starboard panel, we have a week until the Station freezes, and us in it.” Yakecen was blunt with his report. Pulling punches at this point didn’t do them any favors. Sooner, rather than later, space would suck all the heat out right through the hull thanks to thermodynamics.
Saito shook his head, across from him in their circle. “Less than that. While I was in Destiny, taking our inventory, I noticed an air leak originating from the splintered remains of the JEM. I think it was the airline for the robotic arm. There is no ready access to stem the flow.”
A lead weight dropped into Yakecen’s stomach with the force of a bomb. With Saito’s information, they had three days, maybe. If they were very, very lucky. After the clusterfuck their mission had bec
