Alice stared at the flat metal panel overhead and waited for gunfire to cut through the tough walls. No smoke entered the capsule, its integrity holding, but it could only be seconds before the heat and pressure grew too much. She held her breath then exhaled, a thin hiss echoing from the walls. It was silent outside, the whine of the printer audible as it tailed off and the equipment slowed, under her, oily clunks as heavy machinery nestled back onto their stops.