As I passed the suspected hatch I had discovered earlier, I noticed that
there was a glowing circle about five inches in diameter in the hull close to
the left side of the hatch. I made a mental note to have a closer look at that
later as I continued on to the bow of the spacecraft. When I reached the flight
deck windows, I looked through them into the ship. It damn near took my breath
away—well, actually it made me breathe faster and heavier than normal, almost
overcoming the mechanical efficiency of, and therefore jamming my oxygen supply
valve (not really, I'm exaggerating a little bit).
But after all, I was looking into the interior of a crashed alien
spaceship on Mars, something which I would never have imagined I might find
myself doing…right up until the time that I now found myself doing it.
I judged that the cabin I was looking into would have filled about a third
of the ship and appeared to be a combination flight deck/ living quarters for
the crew. I saw no living creatures moving around in there, nor did I see any
bodies, which was the part that surprised me the most.
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