Francisco Manitas

Europa's Redemption

Nobody can hear a scream in the vacuum of space, or so they say. A silly notion warped into a profound statement. Oh, science might explain it rather succinctly—no medium for the sound to travel. Now almost a full decade into his “retirement” the screams of billions still deafen Adam Knight’s thoughts. Allowing the decimation of an entire population for political expediency could be rationalized in theory. He remembered getting an A on a paper he turned in for his military ethics class—a proud moment to be sure. On the day when the metal met the vacuum, the experience was altogether different.