Book 5: Chapter 217: Prospect
Alex stood behind Thea in the CIC, her eyes scanning the main screen as Engy and Wormy relayed information. The bridge crew’s call-outs for the wormhole drive sounded across the compartment, well-rehearsed and strictly according to protocol and procedure.
It was still mostly for show. The real data flowed silently between the NAIs, a constant stream of calculations and adjustments.
Although it really didn’t hurt to have an extra set of eyes looking over the data and confirming it was valid. Nameless would argue, but NAIs and MainComputers made mistakes sometimes, too.
Thea’s voice cut through her thoughts. “We’re ready for generation and traversal.”
Alex nodded, her throat tightening slightly. This would be their tenth jump, but the first into a new star system: Gilese 1134A.
The name flickered across her HUD, accompanied by a flood of data. A K4 V Orange Main Sequence star at the center of a small binary system, the companion star a weak dwarf distant at 67 AU.
Perfect for calibrating inter-system jumps.
The Hackjob’s capacitor systems hummed throughout the moonlet, providing the required energy for the event horizon formation.
Alex let out a breath and forced herself to relax as the others performed the precise calculations to account for the relative motion between their previous system, Meltisar, and the new one.