The Signal
21 Apr 2018ZethG
System : Droju IH-S d5-38
"Mr. Gibson!... Professor, listen to me!... Stay calm and tell me what is wrong."
"I am so sorry commander... I really am... Buggy is gone."
"What do you mean... is gone?"
"I was a bit far from the SRV, doing my research... A geyser emerged under the Buggy... It's exploded."
"Where are you?..." I took the chatter and left the bridge.
Deployed the spare SRV, and began tracking professors beacon. The signal was getting weak due to the high mountains. So I started climbing to a higher point to lock on the beacon.
"Professor, do you hear me!"
"Very clear commander!"
"How about your oxygen?"
"Ahhh.... It..says..... 22 hours."
"Alright! Stay calm... I am locking on your beacon now. I think, I will be there in 3 hours ."
"Okay! Thank you..."
After 3 hours and 10 minutes I was at the location. Signal was coming from right there, but he wasn't waiting. There were no footprints, nor any sign of him that he was there. Tried to reach him unsuccesfuly, there was too much sizzle on the chatter. Then I reached the SPARTAN via SRV comms to figure what is going on. About 10 minutes later our communication officer said something that chilled me to the bone.
"Sir! I think the signal is bouncing from multiple places. And I am sorry but it is impossible to triangulate his real location..."
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