Dead Mining Planet: Science Fiction

They sent away their last hope with a shipment of ore. Of course, they didn't know that at the time. It was only when no more ships came that they slowly realized they'd been abandoned. No message was sent, though it would have taken another FTL ship to do so, and there could have been some last supplies in it. They thought at first that there were no more supplies because their assay showed that there weren't enough valuable ores to make it worthwhile to mine, that there would be a ship coming to take them home., The older kids told the younger ones that there would be a ship. There was always a ship. The younger kids didn't even know what a ship was. They'd seen pictures, and been told that they--

Inspiration: Phil musing for me.
Story Potential: High.
Notes: High not necessarily because of this bit, but because of the full musing that Phil did, and some ideas I spun off that. Will be a novel someday, I suppose.