The Pilots of Borealis

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A throwback to the classic science fiction space opera in the vein of Asimov Clarke and Heinlein Strapped in to artificial wings spanning twenty five feet across your arms push Strapped in to artificial wings spanning twenty five feet across your arms push a tenth of your body weight with each pump as you propel yourself at frightening speeds through the air Inside a pressurized dome on the Moon subject to one sixth Earth s gravity there are swarms of chiseled fearless superbly trained flyers all around you jostling for air space like peregrine falcons racing for the prize This was the sport of piloting and after Helium 3 piloting was one of the first things that entered anyone s mind when Borealis was mentioned It was Helium 3 that powered humanity s far flung civilization expansion feeding fusion reactors from the Alliances on Earth to the Terran Ring Mars the Jovian colonies and all the way out to distant Titan The supply taken from the surface of the Moon had once seemed endless But that was long ago Borealis the glittering fabulously rich city stretched out across the lunar North Pole had amassed centuries of unimaginable wealth harvesting it and as such was the first to realize that its supplies were running out The distant memories of the horrific planetwide devastation spawned by the petroleum wars were not enough to quell the rising energy and political crises A new war to rival no other appeared eminent but the solar system s competing powers would discover something more powerful than Helium 3 the indomitable spirit of an Earth born war weary mercenary and pilot extraordinaire Top Gun heads to outer space in this throwback to the classic science fiction of Asimov Clarke and Heinlein Strapped in to artificial wings spanning twenty five feet across your arms push a tenth of your body weight with each pump as you propel yourself at frightening speeds through the air Inside a pressurized dome on the Moon subject to o