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There's 1 in 70,000 people on the planet who have the gene needed to survive the Hail Mary's expedition. In that limited pool, 1 in maybe 1000 had the necessary skills needed for the mission — more dire still, even less people were willing to volunteer for what is essentially a suicide mission. When an explosion killed not only their science officers but also their engineers, Eva Stratt makes the tough decision to put 2 people on the spacecraft that no one was expecting to be even be candidates. One is a middle-school science teacher. One is a convicted eco terrorist. -- AU where Simon did all his suffering on Earth and is dragged against his will onto the Hail Mary alongside Grace

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