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ðelta
Δέλτα
Scion Delta
D.Matchey
On a desert plateau,
yocto- y 10-24 * --
zepto- z 10-21 * --
atto- a 10-18 * --
femto- f 10-15 * --
pico- p 10-12 * --
nano- n 10-9 * --
micro- m 10-6 * --
milli- m 10-3 * --
centi- c 10-2 * --
deci- d 10-1 * --
(none) -- 100 20
deka- D 101 * --
hecto- h 102 * --
I was taking a piss in a dug out pit in the middle of the god-forsaken desert. Underneath me
I could feel the knuckle shaking shudder of G'chok's lonsdaleite-tipped 6w-BN holemaker.
lonsdaleite
-tipped drill
His brother Che'on was on lookout. We were stealing from the King. This was an activity
that is often met with [ immediate AND horrendous ] punishment. XIf you are caught in the act,
that is.X I took out my navigator, reset it against the curve of the changing horizon, and listened for
any changes that may have surfaced in the last ten minutes. There were only two, but they were
minute enough to be considered ignorable. We pressed on.
This was not an easy land to reach. Our D19 Jaguar Reconnaissance Patrol Plane had
delivered us to what was officially supposed to be our final destination. There was no coming back
from this vacation. We had spent the last four nights walking under clouds that hid all but the
tersest stars in the sky. By day, we slept. And long.
G'chok signaled that he had reached the required depth of 1200 m/ft and set the charge. We
had brought _ along with us – this was not going to be _ –