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    Galaxy9 Swindle: Galaxy9
    Galaxy9 Swindle: Galaxy9
    Galaxy9 Swindle: Galaxy9
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    Galaxy9 Swindle: Galaxy9

    By Darryl Brent

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    Crossing the vastness of the galaxy in their freighter, the Shrike, what will Wade, Jean and Sanjay do when the warp stabiliser breaks down mid-flight?  What new planet will they visit and how will they get the Shrike back in the air?

    A Galaxy9 short story.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDarryl Brent
    Release dateDec 6, 2018
    ISBN9781386103738
    Galaxy9 Swindle: Galaxy9
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    Darryl Brent

    Darryl Brent writes books and short stories that are a mix of sci-fi and family tales for all ages. He lives in Southern Africa and when he's not reading or writing, he can be found surfing the nearest wave.  Well, either there or on Twitter.

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      Galaxy9 Swindle - Darryl Brent

      Galaxy9 Swindle

      Sanjay jerked awake .  He could only see blackness through the huge windows as he sat up and looked around the dark cabin.  

      Dweeee, X5, the little dome-shaped android came speeding into the room, screen blinking.  Sanjay moved to the edge of his palette, Wade and Jean stirred on theirs. 

      Jean sat up and rubbed her eye, the targeting circle on her eye patch flashed in the dark, Are we still in the warp tunnel?

      Looks like it, Sanjay said.

      X5 rolled up to his toes.  Sanjay reached out to pick him up, but X5 dodged his hand and switched on his base propellor.  He hovered into the air, so his small screen was in front of Sanjay's eyes.

      There's something wrong with the warp stabiliser, Sanjay read out to the others.

      I’ll go, Wade swung his large frame out of bed.  You guys can go back to sleep.

      Thanks Wade, Jean said, reaching for her boots.  But there's no way I'm going to be able to sleep knowing there's something wrong with the ship.

      Sanjay shrugged, I’m up now anyway.  He pushed aside his blanket and groped for his cargo pants.  You would think the Shrike could wait till morning to break down, he muttered.

      The Shrike gave a lurch.

      Isn't it dangerous for the ship to be moving like this in the warp tunnel? Jean asked.

      Dweep! X5 confirmed.

      Extremely, Sanjay read off his screen.  We’d better drop out of the warp tunnel quickly.

      "Make sure we’re near an inhabited system

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