[dogscoff]

Three? let's see... the other escape pod is one. A sealed cargo container is another. What's the third?

I'm wondering when Othaglot is going to remember that they've seen cargo containers used for habitation before.

The cargo container used for habitation before wasn't necessarily exposed to open space. If it was, it may have had life support.

Who's to say that there wasn't a cargo container with 'resources' put aboard Marilyn by the Gla when they put their passenger on? It might have had a space suit.

This is the joy of writing: You can make up as much stuff like this retrospectively as you like. However, I can tell you that I haven't done so on this occasion. The clues are all there in what you've already read.

Also, If she came out of the freeze tube, she could have gone back in it, btw... How big are those things? Could she have moved it to a safe location (in a cargo container) and then put herself back in it?

Ah, but did she come out of the tube in the first place or didn't she? She might have done, but then she might not. And even if she didn't, that doesn't stop her ditching the corpse and using it anyway... but maybe she did, or then again, maybe she didn't... Or did she..?

You've listed plenty of possibilities there beyond the ones I had in mind though (I like the way you think=-) but there are still more. By the way, although I heartily encourage speculation about where the plot may be going, don't expect me to confirm or deny anything

Krsqk: I can load them all ok from here. If you were trying to access chapter 20, it isn't on the site yet, you have to read it here.

(I'm currently 30% into chapter 21, and my mp3 player has just decided to play a Boney M track. If you see any lyrics from "Ra Ra Rasputin" appear randomly in the middle of the next chapter, you'll know why...)