Mira stopped trying to protect the PTC. She let it fail.
Eighteen kph. Nineteen.
“Partial failure in dorsal array,” Corso said. “Heat output at 63% of required.” velocity ptc
So she ran faster.
She unspooled the heating control from her suit’s power budget and diverted every remaining watt to her leg actuators. The cold hit her like a wave—her chest seized, her fingers went white inside the gloves. But the actuators whined to life, boosting her stride. Mira stopped trying to protect the PTC
She hit the station’s emergency airlock at 23.1 kph, slammed the manual override, and tumbled inside as the outer door scraped her helmet. slammed the manual override