Tales of Solus Station

Asteroid
Series: Tales of Solus Station. Price: Free! Words: 2,360. Language: English. Published: March 11, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera, Fiction » Science fiction » High tech
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Interstellar astronaut Helene Kirsch surveyed asteroids for a privately funded research station in an outlying star system. Overworked and underpaid, she flew through the belt until her ship's scanning equipment met a rocky mass with high interference. If her intuition was correct, good things would follow and Hammond could deliver a steady paycheck for once.
Creature
Series: Tales of Solus Station. Price: Free! Words: 3,990. Language: English. Published: August 10, 2015 . Categories: Fiction » Science fiction » Space opera
Helene Kirsch, hired gun for Hammond and his interstellar research team, encountered an alien during a routine asteroid mining exercise. Having survived her close encounter, Helene flew back to Solus Station with a tall tale and an empty cargo pod behind her re-purposed fighter. Unknown to her, however, her cargo pod wasn't empty. A new threat now lurked the halls of Solus.