Helios

Shortly after the construction of Helios C (a small probe designed for picking up and relaying transmissions, both local and extraterrestrial), a cluster of spacejunk took out the primary source of power, a couple large solar panels. With the few days of battery life remaining however, Helios C relayed a strange broadcast. Because of this, the Department of Extraterrestrial affairs is funding an expedition to obtain more information regarding the unusual transmission. A small shuttle called the Ulysses will be sent to repair the probe, and another, larger, research shuttle will be sent shortly thereafter. In the small, cramped cockpit of the Ulysses is where my story begins.