GalaxyRaider

Myriad Reality

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*Instead of an asteroid surface, a sprawling cyber world materializes in front of us, backset by the star-filled void of space, and teeming with foreign viral lifeforms*

@Techspert

... Whaaat.

Myriad Reality

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*The gun appears to be completely undamaged by the transit, and the world flashes white as it completes the transfer*

@Techspert

*Raises it as it completes, looking around to get a bearing on our surroundings*

Myriad Reality

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*The beam hits the receiver, and the world loads in slowly, stuttering around us*

@Techspert

*Checks the gun I snagged off the mob guy earlier to make sure it’s functioning*

Myriad Reality

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It's one rock among uncountably many others. But there's also a good chance the planet knows it's out there, even they don't know there's anything on it.

@Techspert

And likely would never look.

Myriad Reality

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*Narrows my eyes*
Sorry, spell it out for me. Sarcastic or serious?

@Techspert

No one ever thinks about people hiding on asteroids. Pretty forgettable astral bodies in the scheme of things.

Myriad Reality

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There were easier ways to do it, that's for sure.
*The planet winks out of sight as a small asteroid comes into view, connected by a thick wire to a long-range antenna traveling at the same velocity and hovering a short distance away*

@Techspert

An asteroid. As discrete as it gets.

Myriad Reality

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Long-distance wireless isn't really used anymore. But nothing about the past couple days has been typical.
*The signal stabilizes, but at near-zero*

@Techspert

Whoever is this far out is definitely trying to hide.

Myriad Reality

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*Looks at the button and presses on my cheek*
You shouldn't need one, but this is an edge case I didn't really expect.

@Techspert

I didn’t either. I should have though.

Myriad Reality

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*Checks my HUD, and our connection stability drops rapidly*
This thing wasn't build to send signals out of orbit. We better get where we're going soon.

@Techspert

I didn’t bring any sort of breathing apparatus for this.

Myriad Reality

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If it's not communicating with the satellite grid... where is it going?

@Techspert

Hopefully a ship in dead space, or another world.