Humanity's Fight
Chapter One
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THE ESCAPE CAPSULE was falling. The interior was tiny, accommodating only one individual. Only one individual was required. Most of the bulk of the capsule was made up by the thickness of the hull. The capsule had no landing gear and the hull was designed to absorb the shock of impact on a planet surface. The thick shell was also designed to protect the occupant from the high temperatures generated by falling through a planet’s atmosphere.
The capsule had drifted into Concordia’s exosphere without incident. At this point, the small vessel was already trapped by Concordia’s gravity and impact on the surface was inevitable. It was only a matter of time. The thing inside it remained motionless, waiting. Its artificial mind calculated the pred
