They had come here for a new start, but the asteroid was a greedy host. It took their calories, it took their sleep, and now, it was taking their air.
Stinky leaned against the damp tile, his chest heaving. He had five minutes before the next pipe burst, ten minutes before the Mush Bars ran out, and a lifetime of digging left to do. Oxygen Not IncludedData edycji: Dzisiaj, 13:41P...
The rhythmic thump-hiss of the Algae Deoxidizer was the only heartbeat the colony had, and today, it was skipping beats. They had come here for a new start,
Just as the last light flickered toward darkness, a loud clunk echoed through the shafts. Stinky let out a muffled cheer through his mask. The new Electrolyzer hummed to life, venting a fresh, cool mist of oxygen into the main shaft. For now, the pressure was holding. He had five minutes before the next pipe
"Well," he wheezed, picking up his multitool. "Back to work."
On the floor above, Mi-Ma was running on a manual generator until her legs turned to jelly. Every rotation of the wheel sent a tiny pulse of power to the Carbon Skimmer, which was currently the only thing keeping a rising tide of Carbon Dioxide from drowning them all in their sleep.