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Ice Planet Part 5

The frost covered planet of Carmosc did not always bear life.The people, animals and vegetation were brought by an immense intergenerational colony ship.It crash landed on the planet, and became submerged under a lake of melted snow. Although the people had since populated many villages, the hulking underwater labyrinth called Lake City remained their capital.It contained a giant hangar where all of the sledcars were stored for those venturing into the cold.Kate, Mark, and Lars entered and Kate found the sledcar she had used on her trip from Kolba Yar.They got in and she started up the controls. The car slowly rose to about a foot above the ground and floated there, bobbing as if on the waves of the sea. It slid forward with increasing speed and turned towards the exit ramp.A tunnel led through the water and out to the shore of the frozen lake.As it emerged, it continued it’s climb into the air for a moment, before crashing down to the snow.Then it wobbled and steadied out at about a foot above the ground.

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