![]() ![]() The company is calling it a “space-aged” wine for discerning connoisseurs, as private-sector monetization of space exploration and research ascends. The bottle, a Pétrus from the year 2000, is now being sold by Christie’s, which lists the estimated price of the bottle at $1 million. Not when it involved orbiting the Earth about 250 miles up at a speed of 17,500 miles per hour aboard the International Space Station, which is where a celebrated bottle of red wine from France’s Bordeaux region spent 14 months, according to Christie’s auction house. What I don't recall is the extremely vivid scene you've painted with the line of soldiers from history.It was a cool and dark environment, but not your traditional wine cellar. However it was certainly necessary to go in there occasionally, and the effect seemed either addictive or possibly just boredom revealing enough that our central character spends a lot of time there, resulting in a lot of odd imaginary both in and outside his head. ![]() Some effect of the beacon caused visions if you spent too much time in the generating chamber, the light room of the lighthouse in effect. I don't think the soldier believed the station was haunted, rather he thought he was going crazy. Certainly there is an alien enemy wandering around with whom humanity seems to be locked in a cold war. The Beacons exist to make FTL travel safe rather than as a warning system for invasion although that may be a secondary purpose. He's alone on the Beacon, but I think he's supposed to be. A network of beacons allows ships to travel across the Milky Way at many times the speed of light. In the 23rd century, this job has moved into outer space. It is a lonely job, and a thankless one for the most part. Here's the good reads blurb įor centuries, men and women have manned lighthouses to ensure the safe passage of ships. I appear to have read this when I had a Kindle Unlimited subscription that has since expired, so apologies if some of my details are off. The link goes to a short story collection of the five stories, but the details you've posted are I believe all in the first one. ![]() I think you might be looking for Beacon 23, by Hugh Howey. We stand with you, and when your time comes and you fall, you will join us.to stand with the next soldier who holds the line.not alone. We are here, your brothers who also stood and died, holding the line against an enemy who was overwhelming. And the Spartan turned to him and said, "Brother, you do not stand alone. At that moment, the ghosts he'd been afraid of became more visible and concrete. And as the enemy approached, and he got the word that he was to fight and die, he felt despair that he would die alone. He would feel a presence, a movement in the corner of his eye. It's been a long time since I read this, but this soldier had grown afraid that his station was haunted. The assault was going to hit them before they could be evacuated and they were given orders to fight and hold out for as long as they could, but there could be no relief as the ships would be dealing the enemy that got through. They were coming in large numbers and faster than expected. After a long time alone, he detected the advancing enemy. In this story, on one station, one of the crew had a fall and died, leaving one man alone. The plan was that if they detected the enemy, they'd send the warning and a ship would evacuate them. They were heavily armed and mostly automated with just a couple of men manning them. But it had been a near thing so a number of warning stations were set up in deep space so that humanity would have a warning. Humans had fought a war with an alien race and it ended without resolution. I wish I could remember the name of this short story, because it is unbelievably emotionally strong. First post and apologies for the formatting but I'm on mobile. ![]()
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