Wastes of Space: A Space Engineers Diary Part Seven: The Ant Man Cometh

Previously on Wastes of Space: Hapless astronauts Alice B, Alice L, Matt and Nate were duped into signing up for a one-way mission to the distant exoplanet known as Horace s World. Alas, they were not there to make new lives for themselves among the stars, as they believed – they were indentured labour, bound to mine 1,000kg of gold and launch it into orbit for their sponsor: the rapacious megacorp Royal Planetary Services.

Despite their foibles (Science Officer Matt believes he is a god, while Security Officer Nate – who turned out to be a clone of Science Officer Matt – is fixated on dungeons), they ve managed to survive against the odds, thanks to the help of the enigmatic android ODD. When we left them last, the colonists had just bedded down for the night in the belly of their freshly built mobile mining base, the Loveless…

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