Korrel

       Kelphus managed to stay on his feet during the next jump.  Looking about him, dazed, he noticed that Tiras was slumped against the wall again.  Mitsuko had passed out again, too.  Selah's eyes were glazed over, but she leaned forward in her chair and scratched her head.  Skyler and Takashi were already discussing their landing zone.
       The planet Korrel was covered in waves of grey, brown, and white with the occasional splotch of blue. The Celestial Eclipse entered the atmosphere and came down through a river valley between the snow-capped mountains that covered the planet's surface.  The sky above them was whitish-blue with the occasional whispy cloud.
       "There's where the mining facility should be," said Skyler as they approached an unusually dark, low-hanging cloud on the side of one of the mountains.  "I'm getting a structural reading, but there doesn't seem to be any other signal..."
       "What does that mean?" asked Kelphus.
       Takashi answered, looking down at the monitors in front of his seat.  "The building's there, but the power is probably out.  Computer, can you tell if the facility has been damaged?"
       "No apparent damage," replied the computer, in its almost-female electronic voice.
       Selah leaned back and rubbed her eyes.  "What are we doing here again?"
       "We're just picking up somebody in the company."  Takashi furrowed his eyebrows.  "I thought the boss was joking when he said this could be difficult."
       Skylar slowed the Eclipse to a midair crawl just outside the cloud.  "I don't suppose we know which radio frequency they use here?"
       The computer chirped up in reply.  "There is complete silence on all radio frequencies."
       The cockpit was silent.  Kelphus waited to see what Takashi and Skyler would do.  Selah blinked, still a bit dazed from the jump.  Tiras and Mitsuko were still unconscious.
       "Go ahead and land in the hangar," Takashi finally said.  Without a word, Skyler brought the Eclipse into the cloud.  The fog seemed to cling to the windows, making it impossible to see anything through them.
       "Any sign of life on the sensors?" asked Kelphus.
       "No life readings in the hangar," replied the computer.  A moment later the computer said, "Several unlife readings."
       Selah sat bolt upright, still blinking.  "Zombies?!"