Prototype — D.W. Patterson

Prototype: A Short Story James had made it to orbit, where he always wanted to be. He thought the hard work was behind him, but when you are responsible for a hundred million dollar prototype, the hard work may just be ahead.A glitch, or something, had stopped the robotic inspection of the build site for the first fuel depot in space. James was alone, it was downtime for the build crew and his supervisor had gone to a meeting. James had been distracted when the spider-bot had its problem and now it wouldn't communicate.James was sure the bot was more important to the company than him and that he would be terminated and sent back to Earth if he couldn't get it going. But without a link he would have to out there, and out there was not like being up here, with the station walls surrounding.What do you do when your only choice is between your dreams and a nightmare?Prototype is the first written (but second chronologically) short story in the author's new near-future universe and series, Remembered Earth Universe: Cislunar Series. The stories in the Remembered Earth Universe will feature the probable science and technology of the next hundred years and may be read in any order.Hard Science Fiction – Old School.Human-Created-Content.