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A solar flare had spiked the temperature of his external tanks. The pressure alarms screamed inside his helmet, a piercing digital wail. Silas scrambled to the pipe network, his gloved hands fumbling with the wrench. He had to vent the excess volatile gases before the internal pressure turned his fledgling base into a bomb. He was a Stationeer—a pioneer sent to the
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As he turned the valve, a plume of frozen crystals erupted into the vacuum, sparkling like diamonds in the harsh sunlight. He watched his levels stabilize, the red warnings on his HUD flickering back to a steady, calm green.