A Curious Blue Dot © Chris Silva Solar wings reflect the distant sun's rays with a soft golden gleam. The adept checks his coordinates and enters a small change; slightly worried. He's interested in the planet and would like to run some tests. But Command doesn't like changes. Fighting back his nervousness, he double checks, feeling the turn as the auto-grav unit compensates. The planet is blue and white with a thick atmosphere. Its distance from its sun is just right and it looks lush and beautiful. The adept is excited by his find and is awed as his ship swings closer; the planet is truly wondrous. His scan indicates diverse non-sentient life. Adjusting his visor, the adept scans deeper, lush forests and huge oceans all full of life. The HUD in the
visor blinks. Its Command querying his change. He has to act quickly.
Grabbing the probe he turns the top to insure the contents are in tact.
Pushing the small activation button the adept re-inserts the probe's
top and places it in the ejector. The visor projects a soft light on
the adept's thin hairless head as his scanner follows the probe to its
landing point. Success! ------------------------
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