The Pass story
On a distant, snow-covered planet, a starship from Earth crashes. Due to dangerous radiation levels, the survivors have to evacuate far away. Over years, the radiation levels go down but all attempting to return to the ship die when crossing a treacherous mountain pass, due to a combination of the elements and wild animals who come out at night. Finally, when only a few survivors are left, their teenaged children - all who were born on the world - and one of the adults decide to try to reach the ship one last time, to gain needed supplies and set off a beacon that would summon a rescue mission. It is adapted from the first chapter titled The Pass from Bulychyov's novel The Settlement (printed in English as Those Who Survive).
4 total · 1 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| speculative travel | major | Three youths trekked across a desolate alien landscape in order to reach an abandoned spaceship. |
| coping with the death of someone | minor | The three youths buried the elderly man who'd set out with them to cross a treacherous mountain pass. |
| speculative spaceship | minor | After trekking across a desolate alien landscape, three youths reached an enormous crashed spacecraft, which they explored. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | minor | The youths were warned that the spaceship might have dangerous radiation levels. |