CHAPTER 10 – A TERRIBLE TASK
14:45 (Universal Time)
Friday, May 28, 2320
Command bridge of the KOSTROMA
In polar orbit over Gliese 581c
The mood was downright gloomy on the bridge as the KOSTROMA inserted itself into a high polar orbit around Gliese 581c. Tina was not the only one to be conflicted about their coming task, far from it. The fresh realization that the planet supported a Vorlak population numbering in the billions only added to the crew’s gloom. Tina was in fact contemplating from orbit the lights of a mega-city that was probably the capital of the planet, judging from the centralization of most of the electronic communications of Gliese 581c into that city, when the voice of Spirit came up from a viewing screen of her command chair.
‘’Tina, this is Spirit!’’
‘’Go ahead
