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Aboard the USCSS Cicero, somewhere by Io

Just as he finished clearing the corridor, the lone survivor saw them--the teal lights indicating the lifeboats were nearby.
"There." He tossed the near-empty flamethrower over his shoulder and stood up and waited and strained his ears listening for movement and heard only the low hum of the ship's backup systems waiting to turn back on.

"I made it. I just have to g--Glrrkrh--!?"