A/N: This is an unfinished story I am working on at the moment, sorry to leave you in "suspense" (cough) but I will update as soon as possible. It's also my first go at a 'serious' Red Dwarf story. I hope you enjoy it. :)
PROLOGUE
In the burnt and skeletal ruins of a ship named Poseidon, a young woman sits on a bunk in one of the crew's sleeping quarters, bathed in the soft golden light of an afternoon, staring intently at a blackened photograph of her brother. Tears glint as they catch the light and clear tracks through the dirt on her face.
After a long time she reverently tucks the picture into a pocket of her jacket and turns her face towards the sun, which is shining in through one of the portholes in the sleeping cabin. She draws her knees up to her chest and hugs them, and then slides back into the shadows of the lower bunk. With the darkness covering her, she feels less afraid.