My ship, my rules
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MatureComplete Fri, Oct 7, 202222m
When Captain Colin Erenborn leaves the well trodden path of mining asteroids and tries to salvage a derelict with his crewman, he didn't expect things to go that wrong that fast.
Sci Fi short story.
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