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    The Alien Spacecraft
    The Alien Spacecraft
    The Alien Spacecraft
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    The Alien Spacecraft

    By Stephen Brandon

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    This is the time that the inner solar system is being utilized from Earth to the asteroid belt. The asteroid belt is being explored and mapped.
    Identifiable asteroids are suddenly exiting the belt and when the astronomers check they find them still in their original orbits. Upon closer examination they spot what appears to be a spacecraft drifting. How is this mystery spacecraft causing asteroids to be in two places at once and what danger does it pose to the inner planets.
    The ship sent to examine this mystery spacecraft finds much more than a derelict. Can they find their way back and at what cost to civilization as they know it.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStephen Brandon
    Release dateMay 6, 2014
    ISBN9781311696311
    The Alien Spacecraft
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    Stephen Brandon

    I've loved westerns and science fiction since I picked up my first book at the public library. I've been writing on my computer for years. I never planned on any of my stories being published, just to be read by myself, family, and friends. The base journal is on forty spreadsheets with links to about a thousand files of short one day paragraphs plus other stories. {My claim to fame, written by someone else. Thanks.} "As an earthbound retiree, Stephen writes mostly science fiction and short stories. He is a voracious reader and has written for a few years, publishing his stories on Smashwords."

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      The Alien Spacecraft - Stephen Brandon

      The Alien Spacecraft

      by Stephen Brandon

      Copyright 2014 Stephen Brandon

      Smashwords Edition

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      Thank you for downloading this ebook. This book remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be redistributed to others for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy from their favorite authorized retailer. Thank you for your support.

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      Author's Note

      This book is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, incidents, and dialogue are from the authors imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or other persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental. Real and fictional locations are used for background only.

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      Table of Contents (ToC)

      Chapter 1 The Modular Spacecraft

      Chapter 2 The Anomaly

      Chapter 3 Where are we?

      Chapter 4 Hanna Hope Hill

      Chapter 5 Venu letters

      Chapter 6 Alien Data File

      Chapter 7 The Briefing

      Chapter 8 Shemeka's Squadron

      Chapter 9 The Contractor

      Miner 2 logs

      Miner 1 log

      About Stephen Brandon

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      Chapter 1 The Modular Spacecraft

      Captain, it's been spotted. It's at the edge of our radar. It's going to take us at least a day to get to it, but it's a solid reflection.

      Navigator, do you have a visual on the target yet.

      No Sir, since the first view it's been hidden by asteroids. The radar plots from Mars should give us the exact location. All we got to do is keep from getting squashed by an asteroid. The instability of this section of the belt is what got them looking in the first place.

      Navigator to Captain, I've got a visual, lock on it, 2000 yards and it's definitely a spacecraft of some sort, but not one of ours.

      Pilot, circle the target so we can get pictures and as soon as communications verify data transmission bring us to 0 relative at 200 yards.

      Sir, the scientist detected oxygen, hydrogen, and water vapor venting from the rear section just forward of where the rocket exhaust nozzles are. They recommend we move further away until it all vents.

      Negative. Get the rescue crew suited up along with two from the engineering section. I want that spacecraft boarded and those leaks plugged. Tell them to be extra careful, I want it intact! What else can the scientist tell me from the visual.

      Well Sir, they think it is built from modules. They say that hull pitting is different from front to rear. The center section is the most pitted and the framework built out from the nosecone is least pitted. There appears to be a sharp division in pitting levels.

      Sir the maintenance crew is ready to enter.

      Put them on speaker.

      John, what does this hatch look like?

      Damn, it looks like a dogged hatch off of a sub. I just can't figure out why it is sticking out from the hull ten feet. I'm going to fasten off to the loop beside the hatch before giving the wheel a twist. I suggest you tie off to the next loop forward of that seam. Toss me your other line so I can double up.

      Al to Captain, we're secure and starting to open the hatch. There is a seam running all the way around the ship just forward of the hatch. I'm assuming that this is the hatch to the engineering section.

      As Al gave the hatch wheel a turn one of the lugs broke. The hatch started venting so he unclipped his line and hollered, John pull me in.

      John jerked on the safety line and then the hatch blew open. It pivoted on its hinge and slammed into the hull an then bounced back toward the gasses venting from the airlock. They were jerked to the end of the safety lines and started drifting back toward the hull just as the rescue crew radioed. Is anyone hurt back there. The whole ship just jumped up and slammed into us. We have some injures, but can help before returning to the ship.

      We're good, but we can help. Do you require assistance.

      No, just stop the gasses venting before it blows.

      Gee, thanks for reminding us that were sitting on a bomb. Out.

      Al, reel me in slowly, I don't want to use my jets. OK, I'm going to jump up to the hatch, put a little tension on the line. Got the edge, fastening off. No gas pressure against my hand over the open hatch. Give me some slack, I'm going to work my way around and secure the hatch so it doesn't close on us. Hatch secure, but the airlock is partially blocked by what looks like the interior hatch. It may have been open and the pressure release jammed it through its frame. It looks like it cracked and then bent.

      Captain to maintenance crew, if you can't get in that way we spotted a hatch on the opposite side about fifty feet forward. Be careful when you open it. Leave all hatches open for any gasses to vent.

      John to Captain, This is a living module, there are three bodies floating and they look human. We are going to secure them before opening the hatch going back toward the engine compartment. Since there was no atmosphere in here and what looks like dark ice floating, I guess they died of explosive decompression. Headed toward the rear inside hatch.

      John, look at this. This hatch is surrounded by storage compartments that are about five feet deep. Bet you a biscuit to a bucket of donuts that this is also an airlock.

      No one would put an airlock in the middle of a spacecraft. You're on!

      OK, Al, you win. Get that bottom hatch open. John to Captain, we have partial confirmation that the this spacecraft is built in modules. Half way down the interior airlock was what looked like a rubber seal all the way around. Entering engine section now.

      John, look at the color codes and symbols on these tanks. That hydrogen, those are oxygen, and that one that's split has water written on it. I'll start with this one. It has a valve handle right up against the tank. Hopefully if we close all the valves we'll solve the leaks.

      John to Captain, we think we have all the leaks shut off. We're going to check the hull before returning to the ship.

      John, look here, These are bolts and they run through this spacer. I'll bet a biscuit to another bucket of donuts that if we unbolted them all the way around the ship we could detach the engine compartment.

      I'm not going to loose another bet, I think I'll check forward and then head back.

      Spoil sport. Inside those storage compartments inside I think I saw wrenches. Lets check forward and then get out of these suits. I need a shower and some coffee to go with the donuts I've won today.

      Captain, this is Al. We've found another spacer and bolts going around the ship. John is checking the most forward spacer where the beams bolt onto the forward module. He just gave me a thumbs up confirming it. Returning to ship now.

      At the debriefing John showed the Captain some pictures he took of the spacers and bolts. He pointed out the markings on the bolts and nuts. These are all 1 1/2 inch bolts with six lines on the head. The nuts that I could identify all had six dots stamped in them. I found two bolts and nuts that had 8 stamped on them. From what I remember numbers were stamped on bolts and nuts used in Europe before the nuclear war back in the fifty's. I'm going to make a wild ass guess that this spacecraft was a joint venture between two countries or corporations.

      John, the Captain said, Your wild ass guess may be closer to the truth than you know. Six months ago there was a radiation wave that originated from the asteroid belt. After triangulating the location the radio telescope on the moon picked up a faint transmission in English. They were calling a base called Wonderland. They mentioned a nuclear explosion in the belt that originated from a UN spacecraft. The report

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