L on port side F B C D E A G O P THE ORION SHIP MAP A Aquatics Room B Faculty Offices C Sick Bay D Conference Room E Classrooms F Observation Deck G Library H Galley Dining Room I Labs J Bridge K Helipad L Faculty Cabins M Lounge N Crew Quarters O Explorer Cabins P Mini CAVE Q Atrium R Storage Control Room
H on port side J I K Q M N R
THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSIONS ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT SUCCEED Jacques Cousteau 1910 1997 64 1265 N 21 8174 W
Bay Chesapeake Potomac NATIONAL HARBOR MARINA MARYLAND U S A MARYLAND D C VIRGINIA Potomac A HEAD popped around the doorway of cabin 202 a thick hazelnut ponytail swinging from the top Aren’t you unpacked yet Almost Cruz gave Sailor an uncertain grin His heart skipped as he reached for the last item in his suitcase a ball of puffed black carbon carbon He hoped the treasure inside wasn’t broken but it probably was How could it not be If it hadn’t been damaged by Lani taking it apart it most certainly had suffered from the overnight trip from Hawaii via mail drone Cruz gently tapped the foam-like carbon until the seal broke then carefully pulled the orb apart Free of its cocoon the palm-size silver dome looked all right However Cruz wouldn’t know for sure until he touched it and the holo-video of his mother and him as a younger child at the beach appeared Humming Here Comes the Sun he set the globe on his nightstand He placed it between the aqua box with some of his mom’s things and Mell his honeybee drone Cruz hesitated Maybe now wasn’t the best time to find out if the video was ruined If it was Lani would say it was a bad omen a sign that his journey on Orion was doomed Cruz wasn’t superstitious Still he couldn’t seem to get his finger to tap the dome His friend and teammate Sailor York was checking out Cruz’s cabin You got a corner again Sweet as Bryndis and I are at the other end of 7 1
