Latara Colson, chief mechanic of Karis Station, is almost ready to test one of the experiments she's been tinkering with in her spare time, a shipboard shielding system. The test is moved up when Karis Station receives a planetary distress call.
No regular ships can make it to the surface of a planet spewing ice rocks in its atmosphere. Latara and a pilot must used her experimental shields to reach the planet's surface and repair a downed weather station before the entire population of the planet freezes to death.
To save all those people, Latara's tinkering project needs to function perfectly the first time, she needs to overcome her fear of space travel, and she needs to team up with the one person whose presence causes her to act like a bumbling fool, her new boss, Colonel Gena Teyis, commander of Karis Station.
No regular ships can make it to the surface of a planet spewing ice rocks in its atmosphere. Latara and a pilot must used her experimental shields to reach the planet's surface and repair a downed weather station before the entire population of the planet freezes to death.
To save all those people, Latara's tinkering project needs to function perfectly the first time, she needs to overcome her fear of space travel, and she needs to team up with the one person whose presence causes her to act like a bumbling fool, her new boss, Colonel Gena Teyis, commander of Karis Station.
