Speck 2: Chapter 5 — The Second Vessel

(A second vessel, A legacy of vessel survivors, and Bill stays the night with the tribe)

Tom Maglish
Adventures of Speck, Part 2
5 min readJun 18, 2024

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While Speck floated from the first vessel on the Exoplanet of Alpha Centauri A, Solomon contemplated why was the vessel stripped and whatever became of the cryo person who traveled in it. Speck floated Northward from the first vessel for a good guess of a hundred miles or so before it lowered down into a densely vegetative forest.

“I sense the second vessel is straight ahead a hundred or so yards,” said Speck to Solomon.

“Thanks, Speck,” said Solomon as he and his crew walked out into the surrounding area and stopped. To their surprise were several huts and a group of people standing half naked, looking at Solomon and his crew.

“Um. I think we found alien life,” mumbled Bill.

“Don’t do anything. Let’s wait until someone comes to us,” cautioned Solomon as he looked at the primitive-looking people.

An older man approached Solomon and his crew. He stopped in front of Solomon and said, “I..am Enoch. Son of Cain, who was the child of Adam and Eve.”

Solomon was not too religious but, he knew those names were taken from the Judeah-Christian Bible from the Book of Genesis. Curious as it…

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Tom Maglish
Adventures of Speck, Part 2

Retired. Self published short story book. Working on publishing Children Picture Books. Writing short stories.