The Baltic Sea Anomaly: The Escape of Glanke I

Glanke was working outside, in-space, repairing a disabled Anten Tracking Station, when the work suit indicated an urgent message was coming in. But for some reason, the transmission was garbled. This time was different, though, because the message was coming from a rarely used channel, so it must have been critical. Not being able to hear it clearly, startled Glanke.

Glanke knew an enormous shock-wave from the Great Bortaan Cataclysm was about to engulf the entire sector; but was also expected to pass safely outside the Shield. This was was no longer true, in fact the message was now clear, and loudly proclaimed a “catastrophic Shield failure” had occurred, and to take "precautionary measures". "Precautionary measures?" thought Glanke.

Suddenly, Glanke was abruptly grabbed and thrust into the bay of an Emergency Escape Pod and whisked-off into space. As the Pod accelerated to outrun the lethal shock-wave, Glanke noticed it was acting strangely and attempted to gain control. The Pod began to shake uncontrollably, violently throwing Glanke around. Then everything went dark.

To be continued here.