Chapter One: Deep Space Music

[CarcerKango]

A young lieutenant in the uniform of a shuttle pilot jogged up to Thorchan and Alice. "Sir and ma'am," he said respectfully. He was a bit short, somewhat scrawny, with pale skin from spending so much time the past two years under artificial lights, whether aboard the station or in the cockpit. He had a helmet clipped to his belt and writing on it identified him as 'Straker, Jake N.' "Can I be of assistance?"