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Dwarfs in Space: Asteroid Surprise
Skeet punched a hole in the rock face, then followed it with another. Then she kicked a hole in the hard surface and followed that with an ever-harder kick. Rocks exploded under the hammer blows of her powered suit like popcorn. The alloy skeleton fitted her short body like a second skin and raised her strength to inhuman levels.
If there had been any oxygen in the asteroid’s tunnels she and her colleagues would have all been deaf by now, but as it was they beat their way through the ancient rock in darkness and hard vacuum.
She wasn’t blind, though, none of them were. Each of the dwarf miners could see what they and the others were doing, how they were breathing, heart rates, everything, thanks to the glow of wraparound graphics in their helmets. Everything around them was modelled, mapped, and monitored in sharp detail.
“Hey Skeet, are you trying to produce sand or something? If you keep hitting so hard those rocks will soon be a beach,” said Rinx.
“Naah, she’s trying to knock this big lump out of sun orbit.”
Skeet checked her head-up display. It was Senza, over in tunnel one.
“It’s just boxing practice,” she said, grinning to herself. It felt good to get a sweat on. Bam. Bam. Bam.
“Are you winning on points, you crazy midget?” Said Bloot, punching above her own considerable weight over in tunnel three.
“Of course she is,” said Senza, chuckling. “It’s a defenseless enemy.”
“Steady Missy,” Skeet growled, pretending to be annoyed, “you’ll be thanking me for practicing my moves when we bump into some silicon-based life forms. I’ll be the rock smashing expert and you’ll end up as their carbon-based slaves. Although, thinking about it Senza, you would probably enjoy having a rubber collar and a regular whipping,” and laughter broke out in all their head sets.
“I won’t be a carbon-based slave,” said Bloot. “I’m usually at least 83% alcohol.”
“And 17% gas,” said Senza.
A Mad Robots Short (5500+ words)
If there had been any oxygen in the asteroid’s tunnels she and her colleagues would have all been deaf by now, but as it was they beat their way through the ancient rock in darkness and hard vacuum.
She wasn’t blind, though, none of them were. Each of the dwarf miners could see what they and the others were doing, how they were breathing, heart rates, everything, thanks to the glow of wraparound graphics in their helmets. Everything around them was modelled, mapped, and monitored in sharp detail.
“Hey Skeet, are you trying to produce sand or something? If you keep hitting so hard those rocks will soon be a beach,” said Rinx.
“Naah, she’s trying to knock this big lump out of sun orbit.”
Skeet checked her head-up display. It was Senza, over in tunnel one.
“It’s just boxing practice,” she said, grinning to herself. It felt good to get a sweat on. Bam. Bam. Bam.
“Are you winning on points, you crazy midget?” Said Bloot, punching above her own considerable weight over in tunnel three.
“Of course she is,” said Senza, chuckling. “It’s a defenseless enemy.”
“Steady Missy,” Skeet growled, pretending to be annoyed, “you’ll be thanking me for practicing my moves when we bump into some silicon-based life forms. I’ll be the rock smashing expert and you’ll end up as their carbon-based slaves. Although, thinking about it Senza, you would probably enjoy having a rubber collar and a regular whipping,” and laughter broke out in all their head sets.
“I won’t be a carbon-based slave,” said Bloot. “I’m usually at least 83% alcohol.”
“And 17% gas,” said Senza.
A Mad Robots Short (5500+ words)
27 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 5, 2017
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