ORBITAL JUMP

Hello everybody! I am a space explorer, and my main task is to collect soils from different planets for further study of their chemical composition. Do you think it’s boring? No, no, no!!! This is, of course, not dangerous long-distance flights in a hypersleep capsule under the supervision of the malicious AI. And it’s not building colonies in low gravity under constant meteorite bombardment. Or even not a meeting with a sentient and aggressive mycelium, sowing its spores in different directions. My job is much easier and, in my opinion, much quieter. Because every day I see different planets and incredible landscapes I unbend with a full can of soil, look at all this beauty and freeze for a while, and then continue my way with pleasure. It was my life until recently before I headed for the unstable system at the tip of the Orion Arm. The star of this system was about to turn into a supergiant, and the assembly of planets in this area aroused unprecedented interest among the entire space community. So, my story begins with how I set foot on the planet closest to this unstable star...