Man of War – Excerpt No. 1

Warning, oxygen levels at 9% and steady. Please make your way to an emergency shelter.

Marc took a deep breath of the stale dry air before rolling his eyes across the hundreds of lifeless husks surrounding him. There was a thin layer of frost over each and everyone of them. As the internal temperatures of the station plummeted, even the atmosphere began to sublimate. 

The inside of the shelter was basic, it was large and rectangular. Like the common areas, the bulkheads were composed of a composite metal with a white polymer coating to prevent corrosion. Along three of the walls there were recessed bunks, stacked four high.

Picture of the inside of an emergency shelter inside a space station. Debris is on the floor as well as what appears to be frost.

Disclaimer: This excerpt from Man of War is currently in development. There may be typos, errors, omissions, inconsistencies and so forth.



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