“If flux comp locks on Locus-7, cycle main bus via engine start switch #2. Ignore warning lights. Count to five. This is not in any addendum. —M.K.”
Captain Thorne exhaled slowly. Then he reached over, took my pen, and drew a little star next to the note in blue ink. cosmos crj 1031 manual
“This,” he said, tapping the embossed title, “is your new god. Pray to it before every flight.” “If flux comp locks on Locus-7, cycle main
Alarms began to scream. GYRO MISMATCH. THRUST ASYMMETRY. TERRAIN, TERRAIN, PULL UP. This is not in any addendum
“There’s always a procedure. You just haven’t found the right contradiction yet.”
We were hauling a load of medical supplies to a mining colony on Locus-7, a moon with a nasty ionosphere. Weather was clear. The jump-ship, Starlight Runner , was humming perfectly. I was running the pre-descent checklist, voice flat, finger following the steps in the Cosmo.
“Followed the manual,” I said.