Chapter one : WARNING and start

During a time on earth when natural resources of iron and  other metals were low, enterprising companies took to space to harvest the needed ore.

A few 100 light years from earth, a heavy cargo hauler class spacecraft, Dust of the future, orbited planet Ferrous MzJ 6.

The 3rd planet orbiting the sun-like star known as  MzJ Sol.

Ferrous MzJ 6 was long established as a planet for mining iron ore.

At this  point in time it had been active  for 50 years.

This was a special time of year.

Every  3 days. It was COLLECT AND DROP !.

A driver contest between teams of 5 each in their own truck.

5 teams in  total.

The aim to get the mined ore to the collection point for transportation to  earth and other territories.

The first truck to arrive gets a 30% profit share from all the ore delivered.

The trucks leave after all have been loaded at the rise of the sun and they  have three days to get to the collection point, should  a truck  arrive later than the deadline they will have  to miss the next competition.

This was the chosen job of Ray Core and his younger sister Lauren Core.

They are  both rig drivers.

This was the 4th year the siblings worked in this industry as drivers, they were Team Grey along with Mike Lock, Tom Pen and  Tiana Root.

The 5 were close and worked well together  and as a team they drove their best to win as a unit.

The teams of Red,  Blue, Green and Beige were unknown  since the teams never interacted.

The trucks had the length of a bus and was one and a half times its width.

Four trailers trail behind the 8 wheeled beast, like truck, like trailer each of those wheels were 6 feet tall and 3 feet wide. 

The front section, was the place  where the driver would sit under a half oval transparent material,  had 3 monitors, two control sticks and  a large brake pedal.

The large driver's seat had a harness and  behind that was a cabin for the drivers with a toilet and bed in a separate section.

It had a small galley with food and  water.

The whole cabin and driver area were pressurised  so the trucks could still work on planets with atmospheric conditions  unfavourable to  humans such as planet Ferrous.

At its centre was the decompression chamber with a suite with portable oxygen should the driver need to venture out.

This and a few extras  all encased in 55 feet of  mechanical engineering.

As team grey were waiting for sunset for the event to begin an eerie announcement echoed through the waiting bay.

"WARNING: ALL TEAMS BE ALERT UNIDENTIFIED ENTRY INTO ATMOSPHERE DETECTED RISK OF PIRATE INCURSION HIGH!"

Ray looked  at his sister and the rest of the Grey team and yelled!

"YOU HEARD THAT, BE FAST BUT KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN!"

They all nodded with serious  looks on their faces.

The siren went off .

All members went to their trucks now  with 4 trailers of ore each .

Stepping  inside Ray closed the door and set the airlock, once the indicator went green he entered the control area.

All members now in place seated and ready they powered up the trucks and  as the doors opened they  drove out in a mad rush!