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“Yeah, leave that aside for now.” Kartawijaya answered. “Let’s focus on the problem. Somebody didn’t think this through. I knew that one needs to hold the bolt on this side while turning the lock, a necessary safety-precaution against sabotage. But whoever has designed that did only take into account Earth’s climate and conditions in space. They didn’t think of acidic rainfalls like on Nelnunov. It’s corroded. The lock won’t budge no matter how hard I try.”

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“Yeah, leave that aside for now.” Kartawijaya answered. “Let’s focus on the problem. Somebody didn’t think this through. I knew that one needs to hold the bolt on this side while turning the lock, a necessary safety-precaution against sabotage. But whoever has designed that did only take into account Earth’s climate and conditions in space. They didn’t think of acidic rainfalls like on Nelnunov. It’s corroded. The lock won’t budge no matter how hard I try.”
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Strange Seawolf (strangeseawolf@mindly.social)'s status on Friday, 16-Jun-2023 20:21:12 JST Strange Seawolf
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#WritingWonders Day 9
No natural calamities.
A lot of calamities happen, of course. Even catastrophes. But calling them "natural" when most of it is due to Earthlings and/or the company's doing?
Of course, nature has a tendency to strike back. Especially on the #HeraldPetrel
Time and again the crew is stumped by a design that isn't really thought through given the tasks an intergalactic cargo space ship has to do.

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