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A solar flare had spiked the temperature of his external tanks. The pressure alarms screamed inside his helmet, a piercing digital wail. Silas scrambled to the pipe network, his gloved hands fumbling with the wrench. He had to vent the excess volatile gases before the internal pressure turned his fledgling base into a bomb.

The station was humming. The air was scrubbed. For now, the vacuum was held at bay. Silas picked up his welding torch and got back to work; in the world of a Stationeer, the only way to stay alive was to keep building. Stationeers Free Download (v0.2.2828.14046)

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