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Write a story where the power goes out on a spaceship or submarine.

Posted in Adventure on Mar 30, 2021

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“Amongst Onions” by Matthew Eubanks

Submitted to Contest #58

Hugo Franks gave me what was probably the most terrifying half hour of my life. Terrifying situations were pretty much every day risks of my job as an astronaut. I had flown F-15s, supersonic jets, once I crashed in the Pacific test flying in the middle of the night and I had to swim back to shore. I did not think anything was capable of making me lose my mind. They chose me for the Mars launch precisely because nothing, including the thought of dying, really bothers me all that much. I was not, at that time, in any form religious. I expecte...

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“Mariana” by Jasper Jayy

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The Mariana.  She was built to be the world’s deepest human operated submersible; a single occupant technological marvel, made from some super rare metal alloy that had only recently been discovered, she was the lab’s passion project; their baby. Mariana was going to let humanity finally see what we’d never seen before: the bottom of the world. And me? I was the driver. You can fake a lot on official papers if you know what people are looking for. It’s easy to turn a failed college career into a shiny rookie position at a...

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“Homeward bound” by Scotty Warpten

Submitted to Contest #58

The year hardly matters, the day matters even less. Even my name is hardly relevant either but if you must know the yellow embroidery on my deep blue overalls says Smith. I’m sure there are hundreds of other Smith’s onboard but for the moment I’m the only one awake. In fact, I’m the only person awake. As I walk through the empty halls the ever-present buzz of the fluorescent bulbs overhead is the only thing that keeps me company. Well, besides the sporadic groaning of the ship around me of course. On my first shift I’ll confess I spent t...

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“Imposter” by Eric Bollar

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John “Gino” Lewis struggled to sleep the night before day seven of living on Mars. The spaceship, nicknamed New Haven, was engineered to act as a temporary base with the crew’s mission designed to last seven Martian sols. The mission has been a major success for the United States, a victory in the Mars race with China. Funding for the USA’s space program in the past few years has tripled with this not-so-friendly competition. The ship was outfitted with the most advanced safety measures of its time, yet the worry of just one overlooked detai...

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“Equal and Opposite Reaction” by Yusuf Ahmed

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PRE-LETTER NOTICE: Hello, my name is UrnOx and I am TripOx’s Sharer. I notice that his Earth knowledge is slightly rusty so here is a key to help you with any possible problems. Blah coal = Black Hole; Pigments = Paintings; Vessel = Space station; Tribe/Clan = People; Moth = Month; Root = World; Think outside the locks = Think outside the box; Televisions = Programmes/TV Series; Intelligence-Academy = School; Potato waffling = Waffling/Rambling. Dear Humanity; It is imperative that you help us as we need your support so we can continue t...

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“Ditraxi ” by Leaf Austen

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I don't usually mind these long trips but for some reason I'm feeling uneasy about this one... "Lexia!" my mother calls. I sigh and walk down the cold metal steps leading from my bedroom to the bottom deck. "Lexia!" She calls again, I cringe at the high pitch sound of it. "I'm right here mom." "Oh. Well, you need to get back down into the cockpit and take over for your father." Yikes... I hate sitting in the cockpit, seriously, it's probably the most stressful thing I've ever had to do. "Of course." I reply. My mother smiles at me, the...

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“The Anomaly” by Robert Cartier

Submitted to Contest #58

The Anomaly  It was a great ship. It was a generational ship. It was mankind’s last chance for survival. But more importantly, it was home. So if it’s home, why am I so afraid? I awoke to dark crew quarters, feeling a cold that was so brutally frigid, the cryo-sleep capsule had frost on the translucent cover, which made the world around me appear opaque.  When the capsule’s cover slowly raised with a hiss, I realized that the frost was not why my world was dark. The entire department was dark.  My name is Abigail Bridgers,...

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“How to Kick Start a Riooan Jump Ship” by Rahnyah Stormyst

Submitted to Contest #58

Katia's fur stood on end as she felt the emp run through the ship. The craft's engines and power all blipped off in the dark of space. They were sitting there adrift when all of a sudden, She popped up and said," Smokey! Do you have those vision flower clips?" He looked at her and nodded," Are you thinking the same thing I am thinking?" Zander, the cybernetically altered gorilla gripped the helm stand with his feet and said aloud with a thick British accent." I do believe that if you clip the wires just to the right of the battery pack it w...

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“Planet of Titan ” by Alina Gober

Submitted to Contest #58

As Katherine and Rob grip onto the ship, the spaceship starts to shake. “Ready for takeoff!!!” They hear someone outside yell. “You ready?”Rob asks Katherine. “Ready as I’ll ever be.” She replies. The ship starts to shake more and more the closer they get to takeoff. Katherine starts to hold her breath and close her eyes. This is her first time going to outer space. So many doubts keep running through her mind. “What if I forget what I’m supposed to do when I get up there?” “What if I forget how to make my food?” “Or what if when we get to m...

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“The Dark” by Jinx York

Submitted to Contest #58

There is a misconception about what space looks like. From Earth, space looks fantastically bright. It’s filled with little pinpoints of light that cluster together and coalesce into what we know as the Milky Way. We’ve all seen the pictures of the galaxies and the brightly colored nebulae in amazing, bright detail. What most people don’t realize is that space is fucking dark. All those twinkling stars you see when you look up longingly, hoping to see a shooting star so you can wish upon it? Yeah, that’s due to the way the light bends and d...

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“An elite team of agents” by The Democratic Republic Of Daehaminguk Shaniya

Submitted to Contest #58

Somewhere in the deepest part of the Pegasus Galaxy near the Yumi star system and it's 23 planets, was a duel level, ship with 4 crewmembers who met at a party of another friend on the planet Caprica. These crewmembers were four best friends who loved to travel the stars, eat good food, visit new galaxies and star systems, and play Super Mario, Need for Speed and simulation games on their 4D holographic game system.  The crew consisted of three smart guys ( Tapatito, Amos Yee and Connor), and a cool girl named Elif. They have been...

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“Escape the darkness” by Julia Morgan

Submitted to Contest #58

“You worthless, you will never amount to anything!” one person said. “Why don’t you save us all the hassle of looking at you and go jump off a bridge!” the next person taunted me with. “Let's be real, she's not even human and doesn’t deserve that kind of mercy. She should be beaten to death!” the other one laughed. Throughout my entire childhood I was picked on, thrown around, and told I would never amount to anything. I would always. believe them but now, sitting in my room, devising my master plan I feel invincible. I want to show every...

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“Forgotten” by Vedaant Sengar

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The sun shone as the sole source of light in the dull blackness of space that stretched to infinity and back. The warm sun rays felt good as they crashed against the cold cheeks of mine, providing me warmth in the freezing temperatures. Hours ago, a solar storm had traversed my doorstep and took me flying with it. Now, I rest, millions of miles away from where I should have been. The panels that converted the abundant solar energy to the much-craved electricity were all mutilated, vandalized by the vexed currents. Being the lone soul on a sp...

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“Innovation” by Emily Brownlee

Submitted to Contest #58

The Prime Space Station orbited serenely above the Earth, lights from various generators and power sources blinking red, blue, and green. Currently manned by a crew of three scientists, the station was modelling the latest in experimental technologies, including a gravity-controlled environment and an energy field enveloping the craft to defend against space debris. The energy field, a faint green net surrounding the station in a bubble, looked as though it would be humming like an electric fence if it could be heard in space. However, the o...

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“Light At The End Of The Tunnel” by Janine Hallett

Submitted to Contest #58

LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL                                                 Janine Hallett The plane was about to land, “Thank God”, I thought, after a 17 hour flight the thought of landing sounded fantastic. We were arriving at Hannover Airport to visit our friend Heinz. We hadn’t seen Hein...

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