{"id":477,"date":"2025-07-10T23:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T23:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imperiumsaga.com\/?post_type=read-for-free&#038;p=477"},"modified":"2026-09-20T12:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T12:03:18","slug":"castor-pollux-the-adventure-on-the-jurassic-planet","status":"publish","type":"read-for-free","link":"https:\/\/imperiumsaga.com\/es\/read-for-free\/castor-pollux-the-adventure-on-the-jurassic-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"CASTOR POLLUX: LA AVENTURA EN EL PLANETA JUR\u00c1SICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"477\" class=\"elementor elementor-477\" data-elementor-post-type=\"read-for-free\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a893fe6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a893fe6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-684ae38 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"684ae38\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-456494d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"456494d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-930f012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"930f012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">CASTOR POLLUX: LA AVENTURA EN EL PLANETA JUR\u00c1SICO\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f183141 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f183141\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n Un relato del universo Imperium\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b16531 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b16531\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b562aaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b562aaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>\u00a1La acci\u00f3n continua!<\/b><b><\/b><\/h2><p class=\"translation-block\"><b>Castor Pollux, el \u00faltimo h\u00e9roe pulp de la galaxia<\/b>, aterriza en un planeta salvaje, dominado por bestias prehist\u00f3ricas y tribus hostiles.\nAtrapado en la selva, perseguido por colosos con garras y dientes, Castor deber\u00e1 sobrevivir, enfrentarse a una civilizaci\u00f3n perdida\u2026 y desbaratar el experimento m\u00e1s ambicioso del enemigo.<\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/><\/span><b>\u00bfQu\u00e9 secretos esconde este mundo jur\u00e1sico? \u00a1Desc\u00fabrelo en esta nueva y brutal aventura del universo Imperium! \u00a1No te lo pierdas!<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4110670 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4110670\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"321\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/imperiumsaga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-16.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-484\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imperiumsaga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-16.jpg 321w, https:\/\/imperiumsaga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-16-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/imperiumsaga.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/unnamed-16-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3a8fca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3a8fca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><h1><b>Cap\u00edtulo 1\u00a0<\/b><\/h1><h1><b>Grandes encuentros<\/b><\/h1><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I have bad news,&#8221; announced Aurora, the ship&#8217;s artificial intelligence, as she materialized as a translucent hologram. Her black hair drifted softly around her face and her violet eyes remained fixed on Castor. The white tunic fell over her figure without answering to the ship&#8217;s gravity. Her voice retained its customary serenity, clean of any emotion.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Now what?&#8221; asked Castor, leaning back in his seat with a drink in hand. He took a sip without looking away from the projection.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Look at the radar,&#8221; she said. With a slight tilt of her head, she projected a warning panel above the console. &#8220;We are surrounded by hostile ships.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor watched the formation closing the perimeter.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Gnors.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He sat bolt upright. Some of the drink splashed onto the floor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Switch to manual controls,&#8221; he ordered.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;They are firing on us,&#8221; Aurora confirmed. A laser blast crossed space and shook the ship before she finished speaking.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Raise shields,&#8221; shouted Castor, gripping the controls.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The impacts vibrated through the hull. The Centurion 1 banked violently, and Castor rolled her to dodge another shot that grazed the side. He completed a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree maneuver and saw what the radar was already warning. The enemy ships were closing the cordon from all directions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We have a flee&#8230;&#8221; Aurora began.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I know&#8230; I know,&#8221; Castor interrupted as he watched the enemy formation deploy before them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurora kept projecting data and warnings beside the controls.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Ready the thrusters,&#8221; Castor ordered.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Without prior calculations, the probability of crashing during the jump into hyperspace or appearing inside a solid object is 99%. I do not recommend that maneuver,&#8221; Aurora answered with absolute calm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More ships were closing in at full speed. Escape routes were vanishing one after another.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Chances of surviving this attack?&#8221; asked Castor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Zero percent,&#8221; Aurora replied.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus sank into his seat as he watched the encirclement with mounting anxiety. Castor smiled, seemingly amused by the statistic.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;One will always be better than zero,&#8221; said Castor, winking at Lotus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t even think about it, bounty hunter!&#8221; yelled Lotus. He already knew what was coming.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor pressed the control and initiated the jump to hyperspace.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Centurion 1 stretched under the distortion of the jump. The frame groaned and the roar of the engines built until it filled the bridge. Castor and Lotus were pinned flat against their seats while the vessel fought to maintain coherence in warped space. The passage felt endless.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Aaaahhhh! Aaahh!&#8221; yelled Castor and Lotus in unison.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A brutal jolt signaled the end of the jump. The Centurion 1 dropped back into normal space at full speed, dead center in an asteroid field. Castor seized the controls and banked hard to clear a massive boulder. He cleared it by inches, but one of the lateral thrusters clipped another asteroid and the ship began to tumble out of control.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;You all right?&#8221; asked Castor as he fought the ship back under control.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Still in one piece,&#8221; answered Lotus. Despite his eight-foot height, he had curled himself down as small as he could in the seat.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor looked at Aurora.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Location and status of the Centurion 1.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurora remained still as she processed the telemetry.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;My systems are recalibrating. We have exited known galaxy space, likely toward the uncharted frontier. One of the thrusters is malfunctioning. I recommend descending to a planet to perform repairs.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Give me the coordinates of the nearest planet.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I have identified a planet 0.2 light-years away. Course plotted.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The image of the planet materialized on the main viewer as the Centurion 1 moved toward it. Dark oceans circled large landmasses blanketed by heavy clouds, and silent lightning flashes lit the atmosphere from within. Aurora expanded the projection and swept the surface with the sensors that were still answering. She found no cities, no orbital stations, and no signs of space traffic. Nor were there any transmissions across any frequency recognized by Imperium.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Nothing,&#8221; Castor said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Nothing my sensors can identify as technology. The atmosphere is breathable, but the cloud cover and the density of the canopy interfere with surface scans. Biological composition remains unknown. I recommend staying aboard the ship after touchdown until a full analysis can be completed.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus looked at the planet and then at the damage readouts.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;For once I agree with her. We fix the ship and get the hell out.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor checked the feedback from the controls. The damaged thruster rattled again, and a warning popped onto the console.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;First we have to get down there.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;That does not reassure me.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurora turned her head toward Castor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The descent trajectory will be unstable if the secondary thruster drops power.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus pointed at the hologram.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;See? Now she knows how to deliver good news.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor grinned and held the vector toward the planet. During the approach, the second thruster began hemorrhaging power and the Centurion 1 listed to one side. An alarm flashed across the board.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Thruster two at forty percent,&#8221; Aurora reported.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor corrected the line.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We still have forty.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The readout plummeted rapidly before him. Thirty-two. Twenty-six. Eighteen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus watched the numbers.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Stop counting.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Twelve percent,&#8221; Aurora continued with the same flat calm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The thruster died, and the Centurion 1 dropped onto its flank. Castor hauled back on the controls and managed to bring the ship&#8217;s nose up before punching through the upper cloud deck. The hull began to shudder. An electrical discharge flashed across the viewport and another struck the starboard wing. The cockpit lights went black for an instant. When they flickered back on, several gauges were locked in red.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We have lost both main thrusters,&#8221; Aurora said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus looked at Castor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Tell me we have others.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We have others.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus waited.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Do they work?&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We are about to find out.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus shut his eyes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Centurion 1 broke through another layer of clouds, and the ground rushed up far below them. Jungle, mountain ridges, and river systems filled the forward screen while the vessel kept shedding altitude. Castor worked the controls. They barely answered.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Aurora, auxiliary thrusters.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Insufficient power to sustain level flight.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to fly. I want to fall a little slower.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurora engaged the remaining systems. A shock ran through the frame, and the Centurion 1 stopped tumbling.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Probability of a successful landing: seventeen percent.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor studied the oncoming terrain. A grin spread across his face.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus turned toward him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I hate that look. I hate that look.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A mountain loomed dead ahead. Castor hauled back on the stick, but the ship barely shifted its path.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Castor,&#8221; Aurora warned.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I see it.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mountain kept swelling in the viewscreen.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Castor.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I already told you I see it!&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He routed all available reserves to the auxiliary thrusters. For a beat, nothing happened. Then the Centurion 1 responded with a sudden kick. The ship climbed just enough to skim the peak, so close that the tree crowns hammered the underbelly of the hull.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus clamped onto the seat.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the other side of the ridge, the jungle sloped down into a valley choked with colossal trees. Aurora projected a vector onto the viewer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;There is an area with thinner canopy cover two miles out.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor cross-checked their speed against the rate of descent.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We won&#8217;t make it.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Correct.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He sized up the ground rushing up and adjusted the controls again.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Then we put her down right here.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;That is not a landing zone,&#8221; Aurora replied.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It is now.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus opened his mouth to shout, but the Centurion 1 lost lift entirely.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Hold on!&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ship slammed into the canopy. The first boughs battered the hull and snapped under the sheer weight. Castor kept the nose pitched up as they tore through the vegetation. The first impact with the ground threw them against their restraints. The ship bounced and crashed down again. Dirt, torn limbs, and foliage were thrown out to either side as the Centurion 1 plowed a deep trench through the earth. A tree disappeared beneath the fuselage, and another slammed the flank before shearing in two.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, the vessel came to a halt.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For several seconds, only the cockpit hazard sirens could be heard. Lotus slowly loosened his grip on the armrests and looked himself up and down, checking that he was still in one piece.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Someday I would like to touch down on a planet without being at death&#8217;s door.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor ran diagnostics on the systems that were still online.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Where would the fun be in that?&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus grumbled.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I will never understand what goes through your head.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor turned to Aurora.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Keep repair subroutines running on automatic. I want the Centurion 1 flight-ready as fast as possible.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurora nodded.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Repair systems engaged.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the side monitor, several ship compartments flared red. Aurora calculated the structural compromise while Castor moved through the cabin, checking that the interior seals were holding. The impact had popped open service lockers and torn loose two ceiling panels, but the main pressure hull remained sound.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Estimated repair time,&#8221; Castor requested.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I cannot determine it with precision. Automated subroutines can stabilize the thruster assemblies, but several core components must be rebuilt before we attempt atmospheric escape.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus got to his feet and surveyed the damage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;In other words, we are trapped.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Temporarily,&#8221; Castor said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;With you, that word usually lasts until something blows up.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor popped a storage hatch and pulled out basic gear, a canteen, and the handheld scanner. Outside, something snapped heavy branches in the distance. The three held completely still for a moment. Aurora angled her head toward the sound, even though her hologram had no physical need to do so.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Unidentified movement at four hundred yards,&#8221; she reported.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus looked back at Castor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;And now you are going to tell me you want to go find out what it was.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor clipped the scanner to his belt.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I was going to say we need to know where we landed.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Sure. Much more reasonable.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor tossed a quick look at Lotus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Until she&#8217;s ready, I&#8217;m going out to scout the planet. Coming along?&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurora spoke up before Lotus could answer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I do not advise scouting the planet. We lack sufficient baseline data, and the safety of the perimeter has not yet been established.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor looked at her, amused.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Worried about me?&#8221; he asked with a grin.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurora held his gaze.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I am stating the available parameters,&#8221; she answered. Her projection flickered briefly.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor smiled and stepped out of the airlock. Lotus followed behind him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They scrambled up the embankment surrounding the vessel and found a thick, suffocating jungle. The air was thick with the stench of rotting foliage and damp earth. From deep between the trees came distant snaps, though nothing showed itself.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From that point on, the brush closed in with every step. Beneath the canopy, the daylight shifted to a murky green and the heat climbed. Leaves wider than Castor&#8217;s chest spanned the gaps between trunks, and thick roots burst from the loam like low parapets. There was no trail to speak of, so they picked their way wherever the vegetation yielded.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus shoved a low branch aside, and a cloud of tiny insects with transparent wings erupted right in his face. The Harmock let out a growl, batting them away with an open hand.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Uncharted planet, crippled ship, and bugs trying to crawl into my eyes. Excellent pick, bounty hunter.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;You wanted to come.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;You asked if I was coming while you were already stepping out the hatch. That does not count as a choice.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor raised a hand. Something was moving through the timber. It was not close enough to spot, but the noise swept across the jungle from left to right, accompanied by the splintering of trunks. Then it drifted away.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;That was big,&#8221; Lotus muttered.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor looked up at the high branches. Several limbs had been snapped off high above the ground. Farther ahead, they came upon a tree sheared clean down the center. The wood showed no scorch marks or saw lines. Something had simply plowed through it on the move.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;This is weird.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;What do you mean?&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Why is there a trench right in the middle of the jungle? And why is it shaped like that?&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hollow measured roughly sixty-five feet long, with one end noticeably wider than the other.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;This place is&#8230; worse than I expected,&#8221; Lotus muttered as he stepped over a colossal root.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Come on, it&#8217;s just another jungle,&#8221; Castor answered, though he kept scouring the dirt.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor dropped down into the bottom of the depression. The ground was harder there, holding small pools of water in the ruts. He walked to the narrow end and crouched down. Three deep impressions were stamped into the mud, spread apart like massive toes.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus climbed down behind him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Tell me the ship gouged that when we crashed.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor set his hand down next to one of the tracks. It was several times larger than his palm.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The ship doesn&#8217;t have toes.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It was a thought.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor climbed out of the depression and scanned the surrounding growth. The brush had been flattened in one definite direction, as if something enormous had tramped through without bothering to walk around the smaller trees.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus stared into the green wall.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Whatever that is, I hope it&#8217;s miles away.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They walked toward the wider end of the rut and kept going in that direction. A few yards on, they hit another identical depression. Castor knelt down to inspect it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I think I know what these are.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus looked at him just as the ground shuddered beneath their soles.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;What are they, then?&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Castor straightened up.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Footprints.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A bellow shook the jungle. Then came the heavy, steady thuds of footfalls, closer with every beat.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus took a step back, ready to run, but Castor checked him with a hand.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a titan,&#8221; he said, watching the enormous shape lumbering through the trees. &#8220;I&#8217;ve run across them on other worlds. They&#8217;re herbivores. Leave it alone and it&#8217;ll go its own way.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The creature broke through the canopy. Its neck reached well clear of the treetops, and every stride sent shockwaves through the soil. Lotus tracked its advance, his entire frame tensed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The titan moved on without paying them the slightest attention. Its back disappeared among the upper canopy branches, its long neck swinging smoothly from side to side as it stripped whole clusters of leaves from the crowns. Every step mashed the mud down, stamping out another of the depressions Castor had just been examining. For a few seconds, even he forgot about the broken-down ship. He had seen massive beasts on other frontier worlds, but this one felt like it belonged to an era that preceded any planet in the Imperium.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lotus backed up until he was shoulder to shoulder with Castor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Are you certain that thing only eats greens?&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Fairly certain.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I do not like the sound of that &#8216;fairly.'&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The titan snapped off a whole limb and kept walking. The canopy shook violently above them. Castor watched it fade into the foliage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;See? It doesn&#8217;t even know we&#8217;re here.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I&#8217;d prefer it stays that way,&#8221; Lotus muttered.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another roar ripped through the brush, spinning them around on their heels. An allosaurus burst through the timber. It was a massive brute with yellow eyes and jaws lined with recurved teeth. It charged straight at them without checking its speed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;And is this one harmless too?&#8221; asked Lotus.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Run!&#8221; yelled Castor, already sprinting. <\/span><\/p><p><b><i>\u00bfSobrevivir\u00e1n Castor y Lotus en un planeta gobernado por colosos jur\u00e1sicos?<\/i><\/b><\/p><p><b><i>\u00bfQu\u00e9 misterios se ocultan en esta selva brutal?<\/i><\/b><\/p><p><b><i>\u00bfY qui\u00e9n \u2014o qu\u00e9\u2014 los acecha entre los \u00e1rboles?<\/i><\/b><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apenas has dado el primer paso\u2026<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Y ya es demasiado tarde para volver atr\u00e1s.<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b><i>\u00bfVas a quedarte aqu\u00ed, sin saber si sobreviven?<\/i><\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0FQJWND3M?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_1&amp;storeType=ebooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprar en Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>\ud83c\udfa7 <strong>\ud83c\udfa7 Tambi\u00e9n disponible en audiolibro<\/strong><\/p><p><b><i>Sobre esta serie:<\/i><\/b><\/p><p><b>Relatos cortos pulp dentro del universo Imperium.<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cada libro es una aventura autoconclusiva protagonizada por Castor Pollux en un planeta distinto, enfrentando nuevos enemigos, peligros y misterios.<\/span><b> Puedes comenzar por cualquiera.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aac7f71 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"aac7f71\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a00154 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a00154\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><b>Suscr\u00edbete y consigue el libro completo Gratis.<\/b><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89e0f45 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile fluentform-widget-submit-button-custom elementor-widget elementor-widget-fluent-form-widget\" data-id=\"89e0f45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"fluent-form-widget.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n            <div class=\"fluentform-widget-wrapper hide-fluent-form-labels fluentform-widget-align-default\">\n\n            \n            <div class='fluentform ff-default fluentform_wrapper_3 ffs_default_wrap'><form data-form_id=\"3\" id=\"fluentform_3\" class=\"frm-fluent-form fluent_form_3 ff-el-form-top ff_form_instance_3_1 ff-form-loading ffs_default\" data-form_instance=\"ff_form_instance_3_1\" method=\"POST\" action=\"\" ><fieldset  style=\"border: none!important;margin: 0!important;padding: 0!important;background-color: transparent!important;box-shadow: none!important;outline: none!important; 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