Orbita
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Last published Sun, Sep 8, 2019
Enslaved engineer and cyborg, Yasma Orin, awakens on her work cycle aboard the colonial ship -- the Life Keeper -- to find everything has changed drastically since she went to sleep. Instead of the scientists that once occupied the ship, it is being ruled by two factions: new age Christian cultists and alien worshippers. When the ship's main oxygen supply is sabotaged, Yasma is tasked with repairing the ship. A mission that brings her to a grim conclusion: one of the factions seeks to kill everyone, and it is up to Yasma to find out why.
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