I am Maxwell Kerk the head engineer for research lab 212 and the guy who built the lunar star port in 14 months with 100 engineers, 12 space ships and lots of beer. I was asleep in the engineer work shop, as we work for long shifts on a small planet 2 solar systems away, we engineers work, eat and sleep in the workshop as we have no need for separate apartments that we will likely never use like the scientists.

Anyway I was awoken by an alarm and a soldier opening my door and dragging me along as I slowly was waking up and shouted at him "What the hell are you doing to me colonel Spears?"

He curtly replied "Reactor 4,6,8 and 12 have malfunctioned mean while the prototype dark matter drive started showing unusual and unstable readings as off 6 hours ago."

I pulled man arm from his grip and walked through two double doors, look at the large display on my right with lots of data and recordings appearing, after a few seconds I feel large amounts of suppressed rage bubbling up . I turn to my left, rush up to the lead scientist.

Slam! Slam! Slam! Slam! Slam!

After slamming his head onto his desk in a fit of rage I just let go of his bleeding head and scream into his left ear "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING YOU FUCKING COCK SUCKING IDIOT!"

A young scientist walks up from behind and replies while trembling at my gaze "W-We were doing a stress test for the Dark Matter Reactor s-sir."

"Even after I told you sit heads that the damage from the explosion of nuclear reactors 1,3,5 and 11 have left significant damage to reactors 7,9,10,13 and 14 even after repairs and the others can't handle the extra stress?"

"P-Professor B-Brown said you engineers don't understand physics and we are to do test regardless of what you said s-sir."

While I was talking and listening I had picked up the Prof's tablet, turned of the loud alarm, and read the results before I said "Turn off reactors 1,2,3,4,5,6,11 and 12 and reduce Dark Matter reactor output to 12%."

"B-B-

"But nothing, now do as you are told and we might get to see dawn."

"Where are you going" asked the colonel.

I stop and turn before saying "I already messaged the engineers to suit up and prioritize repairing reactors 2,3 and 4 while senior engineers are to meet me at the Dark Matter reactor with an extra suit."

...14 hours later...

I finish welding a panel closed before lifting up my visor and look at the massive metal ball about 400 meters in Diameter and energy dispenser's glowing purple. I hear crackling then I hear the young scientist say" Jobs done, reactor stabilizing and all but reactor 1 has been repaired."

I sigh a sigh of relief and say "Good that's goo-

Then it all went black. I was drifting in the endless dark where there is no sense of time and space so i could not tell you how long had truly passed but it felt like centuries, all I had was the dark and my thoughts and it was hell. My mind broke and repaired itself time and time again driving me insane until one day I saw a light flickering like a dying ember in the midnight sky.

I cupped my hands and caught the ember and before I could study it I was sucked in as lights started appearing and streaking around me and then I sprung up and grabbed the throat of a person as I struggled to a just to seeing sunlight again.