...Space Force Grunts is a Science Fiction novel playing several generations into the future. After the human race has invented hyperspace flight, thousands of planets are colonised. Those new societies maintain their independence until the human race encounters an alien civilisation that also masters space flight and hyperspac...

... thus warranting oxygen masks. The low temperatures as well as the frequent dust and sand storms also made wearing masks advisable. Without a mask, a human could survive for a few minutes, till oxygen would run out in the lungs and blood. Both other hazards, freezing cold and grinding sandstorms would take a bit longer to introduce exitus. Over all, planet DN-DU-144/5 was ...

...Space Force Grunts (Second, Revised Edition) tells the story of soldiers conscripted to defend the Human Alliance, a civilisation that has spread over thousands of worlds after the invention of hyperspace flight. They are fighting an enemy they don't understand in a war they did not choose. Space Grunts is told mainly from...

... thus warranting oxygen masks. The low temperatures as well as the frequent dust and sand storms also made wearing masks advisable. Without a mask, a human could survive for a few minutes, till oxygen would run out in the lungs and blood. Both other hazards, freezing cold and grinding sandstorms would take a bit longer to introduce exitus. Over all, planet DN-DU-144/5 was ...