Uranus Unity

This is a story originally meant to be a part of a much larger project. The parameters of the project are such that each writer would take one planet in the solar system and write a story. The premise of each story is the same: the first colonies have been established beyond Earth. A plague occurs. War ensues. Each writer gets to decide what happens next. So this is my version! I picked Uranus and not for the stupid way of pronouncing it. My real reason was because of its unique tilt.

The first two pages can be kind of cerebral for some but who knows? Some might actually like it because of that! Action fans just have to hang on past page two. The whole thing is about 7000 words. I don’t know what else to call it. A really long short story, I guess.