Delta Destiny Part 1 - Crisis Memes
By boromir
(Definition: meme n. A unit of cultural information, such as a cultural practice or idea, that is transmitted verbally or by repeated action from one mind to another.)
Delta Destiny is a science fiction novel set in the year 2256 that chronicles the disappearance of the star-liner Delta Destiny, and the fate of the two hundred thousand passengers and crew on board. It is seen from the point of view of the McLaren’s, a family emigrating from Earth to live a low-tech life on a newly terraformed agricultural planet.
Following an explosion in the midst of a star-jump the Delta Destiny is transported to a remote and inaccessible region of the galaxy. Part One – Crisis Memes - tells of the sudden descent into chaos and anarchy, and the part the McLaren’s play in establishing a precarious stability while the ships crew look for a way to save as many people as possible.
They discover a distant hospitable planet, but are more than five years distant from it without the use of the damaged star-drive...........
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Crisis Memes 16 & 17
16 - Fri 08 Aug 2256 13:30 “How did we end up so far from any help?” Harry asked.
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Crisis Memes - 1 - Tue 05 Aug 2256 08:00
The airtight door of the Sector 15-D-11 common room was buckling, and men with clubs and hammers would soon break through it.
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Crisis Memes - 12 - Plus the story so far...
Previously, in Crisis Memes....
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Crisis Memes - 14 & 15
Major Allason's fist was rhythmically pounding her desktop. “So what the hell do we have left?” “Some knives and improvised clubs, but nothing in terms of projectile weapons,” replied Will.
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Crisis Memes - 19 & 20 - Sat 09 Aug 2256
Ben looked at the Marines holding their positions. They seemed no more than kids to him, and some of them looked nervous - no doubt real action was the last thing they expected..
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Crisis Memes - 2 - Tue 05 Aug 2256 08:10
Inside the dark metal-sided air-duct, the centrifugal force from the ships rotation was carrying Amber gently but irreversibly down a smooth slope.
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Crisis Memes - 21 & 22 - Sat 09 Aug 2256
21 - Sat 09 Aug 2256 08:18 This is no pageant, thought Ben. You don’t end up spattered with other men's blood and brains at a pageant.
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Crisis Memes - 23 - Tue 12 Aug 2256 09:00
The death toll from Saturday’s riot had risen to eighty-seven. Fifty-nine civilians were dead, including Vikings, looters, and others simply caught up in the melee.
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Crisis Memes - 24 - Tue 12 Aug 2256 09:37
Harry recalled the fourteen unhappy days he had spent with his family in this gloomy common room after the Star-Drive had exploded.
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Crisis Memes - 3 - Tue 05 Aug 2256 08:45
With their hands firmly tied and all of them strung together with a long length of electrical cable, the group from sector 15-D-11 were dragged along the deserted corridors by their daunting captors.
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Crisis Memes - 4 - Tue 05 Aug 2256 09:10
With help of a couple of emergency wind-up torches, Amber and Harry had quickly found the remaining children in the air duct - the echoing sound of the baby crying had made it simple.
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Crisis Memes - 5 - Tue 05 Aug 2256 18:00
“So, Mr McLaren, I hear that you’re an ex-Royal Marine. Aren’t you just a little shorter than regulation?” Major Allason asked. Standing in front of the Majors desk, five feet seven inches tall in his boots, Bruce struggled against the urge to come to attention. “I lied about my height, m’aam” he replied.
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Crisis Memes - 6 - Thu 07 Aug 2256 10:00
Amber’s brain was buzzing, like she’d overdosed on caffeine. Bored with tidying and re-arranging her remaining possessions, she was even thinking about tackling the mess on her brother’s side of their cramped temporary cabin on Deck 10, so was relived and delighted when Selena appeared at the door looking for a volunteer.
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Crisis Memes - 7 - Thu 07 Aug 2256 10:10
Two days back in uniform and Bruce felt that he had never been away.
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Crisis Memes - 8 - Thu 07 Aug 2256 10:45
The brighter lights on the Command Deck only served to illuminate the haggard faces of the crew, and the stacks of dirty bio-plaz cups and food trays that littered the area.
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Crisis Memes - 9 - Thu 07 Aug 2256 12:10
From a darkened terrace on Deck Twenty-one, Bruce and Lance Corporal Madras had a clear view over the vast storage areas and the line of active Planet Harvesters
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Crisis Memes -13 - Fri 08 Aug 2256 13:00
“You want to see Harry?” asked Megan. “Is there something wrong?”
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Crisis Memes 10 & 11
The library smelled musty, stale and damp. Real books really stink, thought Harry.
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