Hi Scott, I trust somebody read your scifi novella prior to publication and did the corrections for you, since this story is full of grammatical errors, word omissions and English words used in literal translation of German, I suspect. Whilst I liked the story itself, it was spoiled by your lack of care. I'm sure you can do much better, you are a good story teller. Avoid stereotyping though, both in your description of characters and in usage of language.