Veronica

"Oh, shit. I think we might have a problem here."

"What! Do you want me to stop and come back?" veronica paused in the middle of the dark hallway.

"No, no its nothing life threatening," her husbands voice crackled back inside her helmet. "I just don't think this ships gonna move anymore."

"Roger, i'll be back soon. Just give me another 5 minutes and i'll be on my way,"she said as she came to the closed blast door leading to the bridge.

Taking the remote starting device from her pack she bent down and pried the cover leading to the doors electronics.

"Red and blue and your in Sue," she thought back to the silly rhyme the man at the scrap yard had taught them as she connected the cables to the red and blue wires.

"Easy," she sighed as the door slid open.

"Oh my god!" Veronica raised a hand to her mouth as she stared at the human figure slumped in the command seat, his skin pale white as icicles stuck to his clothes.

"Allen! I found someone. They're dead, I think it was a mutiny."

"Yea, I see signs of plasma scoring in the mess hall, no bodies though. What the hell could have happened here?"

"I'm coming to you." She walked over to the ship systems terminal, re engaging the gravity, lights, and life support systems.

The lights flicked on and several small items clanged as they dropped to the ships floor.

Veronica removed her helmet and took in a deep breath to steady herself.

"What have we got ourselves into?"