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

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“The Hero’s Landing” by Jessica Young

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Today was finally the day! The day where crew 83 would return to earth from space. We have spent the last ten years up space station 2 and have completed our mission successfully. Everyone was so excited, especially me! My husband and two kids are waiting for me, watching the live feed of our return. As the crew finished packing the ship for departure, I finished with our engineering check list. “All is good to go!” I yell. My captain gives a thumbs up and everyone boards. The five of us buckle up and our departure begins. As the ship l...

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“Out of Time” by Madison Russo

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Hi, my name is John, I am 36 years old, I have 2 kids, a son, and a daughter, and I have a beautiful, loving, and caring wife. Today is the day, in just a few hours I will be in a spacecraft on my way to space. There are so many things that could happen, some bad, some good. Whenever I think of the bad things that could happen it makes me more jittery than anything in the world. Then again I think of all the cool and amazing things I could see out there, like maybe, just maybe I will find something that no one has found before, or maybe find...

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“A Short Conversation At The End Of Infinity” by Bridger James

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Captain Pax stared intently out of his ship’s front windshield as an enemy fleet slipped away through the infinite cosmos. Just minutes before, he had ordered his crew to escape the ship, as he was certain it would not survive the onslaught. He sat in his chair and spoke to the only companion left with him. “Vessel, give me a diagnostics report on the ship, please.” “Certainly, sir.” The artificial intelligence responded through the control room speakers. “Running diagnostics check… Engines offline… Generators offline… Defense systems ...

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“Reality” by Carla Sosa

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“NO, PLEASE STOP!” Several hours before the incident “Hey, Nancy!” I turned around to see Gerald walking towards me. “Hey, Gerald! What’s up?” “Peter and Quinn say we’ll arrive at Plutarius in 10 minutes” When he stands next to me he looks out the same small window I’m looking at and Says,” Beautiful isn’t it?” “It sure is!” We’re both looking out the same window with the view of space. That’s right you read correctly. We’re in space. Well, technically, we’re in a spaceship. I know you’re probably thinking “Wow, That’s ...

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“Just Out of Reach” by Rachel Bacon

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The most gorgeous planet, lush green and deep blue, hovered in space just in view of the spaceship. And behind it, a glowing star gave it halo. They almost made it. The spaceship hung in space as it had for the past two weeks. The engines had gone out. And then the lights. And then the water. It was only a matter of time before the oxygen ran out too. The doors wouldn’t open. The intercoms didn’t work. The ship that was supposed to be their salvation was now their grave. Ivan, one of the engineers, had gotten trapped in the hallway before th...

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“Forever Silence” by Raquel Archer

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Wisps of blues, teal, and pink dappled the obsidian canvas, flecks of white accented the background, amplifying the smoky allure of the scenery before her.She could look at this for days, well, she had been. She was on a week-long voyage back to Saturn. Well, its largest moon to be specific. Titan. It seemed like forever since she went back. A piece of dried strawberry drifted into the girl’s waiting mouth and she thoughtfully chewed, she then took a swig of lemonade from her pouch. A giddy smile crept on her features as her spaceship t...

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“New Love in the Dark” by Katie Harrison

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“...is often convoluted by opinions and the victorious’ version of events. After reading through the War of Caros what do you think would have changed in our world if the Loran had won?” I was trying to pay attention, I really was. However my attention had already been fractured when a new planet had appeared outside the classroom window. It had been weeks since the last time we slowed the ship enough to see anything out the window. When I managed to once again refocus my attention where it should be, Dane was answering with his usual pompo...

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“Houston we have a problem” by Pyscho Chainsaw

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Beep beep beep beep beep Like any regular day , I'm up before my alarm goes off , I usually let it beep for a while the sound energizes me to get ready for the day quickly. But today , today is different , today is launch day , a few years back Nasa launched a program to get people into Mars's orbit and well being a trained airforce pilot and an engineer I was among the crew chosen to go to Mars , that's why today is different , I didn't let my alarm beep , I immediately shut it off as it starts beeping , I feel a little bit nervous but neve...

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“The Impossible Rescue” by Edward Chen

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Henry was getting ready he was shaking he was nervous he realized once the blast off counter was at three any problem was going to be needed taken care by him and his crewmates Josh and Liam. They put on their astronaut suits and said goodbye to their loved ones and everybody else, it was time, the time that was the most important, one mistake could lead to a catastrophe. The timer started his heart pounded, 3 2 1 BLASTOFF his body got pushed onto the seat he felt like something was pushing him t...

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“Unmoored” by Linda Bakewell Bakewell

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A ship this size and this age sometimes just loses power with no warning. We generally call these ‘brown hours’ for obvious reasons, normally the power comes back in an hour once you apply enough percussive maintenance but sometimes it takes a little bit longer. Like today, the three of us are sat in the depths of the ship as it creaks and whines around us. I can see the fear in Jamy’s face in the dim red emergency lights. We’ve been stuck out in the depths of space for months, a skeleton crew transporting medical equipment, construc...

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“The Last Trip Of The Last Resort” by Mental Vagabond

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Pushing herself against the metal wall, Captain Annie O’Connell tried to hold her breath back, in spite of her agitation: this was one of the worst days to breathe fast, what with oxygen aboard running out in roughly five minutes. The sudden blackout had knocked out lights, comms, life support, everything. Dead in the black, her beloved Last Resort was now drifting towards Umbrium, the system’s main star. To top it all off, a group of hostiles was literally banging at her door. Since her current job would be paying enough for her to retire...

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“Mirror Earth” by HBR Patel

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'Are you Sure?' doubted Erika. 'Hey Asha, Scan one more time to confirm your predictions.' suggested Arthur to Asha, an Artificial Intelligence specially developed to help astronauts for Space Missions. 'Let me do that, Arthur,' said Asha in a voice that was bereft of any indication that it was a lifeless voice. The machine tone was absent from the voice of Asha. The beeping voice echoed inside that hollowed spacecraft that recently landed on the surface of an unknown planet. The spaceship had four crew members and the latest tech to e...

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“Whale Fall” by Marvin Sohl

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Down in the depths, the thing you come to realize is that you are very, very alone. It’s a different experience from diving near the surface. I dove for samples when I studied under Dr. Vern. Up near the surface of the water, you are never alone. If you aren’t careful, you can look over your shoulder and find a barracuda’s watchful eye staring you down. It happened to a buddy of mine when he forgot to take out his nose piercing. He still tells stories about its short, sharp teeth, tracing his finger across the scar on...

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“The End” by Jane E

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The girl is alone, sitting in a black leather chair and staring at her gloved hands, tips still singed with oil. She should have finished fixing the navigation systems, but her fingers ache. Four minutes pass before she glances up at the flashing lights. Her hair is choppy, ragged from neglect. What had been so important? The lights don’t disappear all at once, instead each darkening one after another. They begin at the end of the hall, the black creeping towards her at a trodden pace. She blinks. The hall flashes red. She checks her watch....

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“And We All Fall Back Down to Earth” by Victoria Penny

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And We All Fall Back Down to Earth by Victoria Penny 94 minutes of oxygen remaining Catastrophic systems failure. That's what they call it. That's why they put so many redundancies in place. But this is space and space is vast and unpredictable and no one, not even the most experienced and battle hardened astronauts, can prepare for it. That was the risk we took. For the unquenchable thirst for knowledge, for science's unanswered questions. For the good of humanity. We risked it all. We rose up like Gods, breaking the atmosphere, reaching ...

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

Submissions are closed

✍️ 86 stories

“The Hero’s Landing” by Jessica Young

“Out of Time” by Madison Russo

“A Short Conversation At The End Of Infinity” by Bridger James

“Reality” by Carla Sosa

“Just Out of Reach” by Rachel Bacon

“Forever Silence” by Raquel Archer

“New Love in the Dark” by Katie Harrison

“Houston we have a problem” by Pyscho Chainsaw

“The Impossible Rescue” by Edward Chen

“Unmoored” by Linda Bakewell Bakewell

“The Last Trip Of The Last Resort” by Mental Vagabond

“Mirror Earth” by HBR Patel

“Whale Fall” by Marvin Sohl

“The End” by Jane E

“And We All Fall Back Down to Earth” by Victoria Penny

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Write about someone who purposefully causes a power outage.

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