The Gap Into Madness: Chaos And Order
“He didn’t rush her between crossings. And he made no effort to pick up more velocity so that she could cover greater distances. Instead he waited — sometimes half an hour, sometimes an hour or more — after Trumpet resumed tard before he reengaged her gap drive and sent her leapfrogging the void.
As a result, a trip which might have been accomplished in twelve hours was going to take the better part of two days.
He told Mikka and the rest of his passengers that he did this to minimise the strain... on Morn. Every time Trumpet resumed tard, the ship had to be ready for emergency manoeuvres. The chance always existed that navigational imprecision might drop her down a gravity well, or place her uncomfortably close to an obstacle. And of course no astrogation database could possibly include every rogue lump of rock prowling the vast dark. In consequence Davies had to put Morn to sleep before each crossing so that sudden g wouldn’t send her into gap-sickness.
Angus told his companions that he wanted to spare Morn the ordeal of being paralysed by her zone implant control all the way to Valdor Industrial.MoreLess
As a result, a trip which might have been accomplished in twelve hours was going to take the better part of two days.
He told Mikka and the rest of his passengers that he did this to minimise the strain... on Morn. Every time Trumpet resumed tard, the ship had to be ready for emergency manoeuvres. The chance always existed that navigational imprecision might drop her down a gravity well, or place her uncomfortably close to an obstacle. And of course no astrogation database could possibly include every rogue lump of rock prowling the vast dark. In consequence Davies had to put Morn to sleep before each crossing so that sudden g wouldn’t send her into gap-sickness.
Angus told his companions that he wanted to spare Morn the ordeal of being paralysed by her zone implant control all the way to Valdor Industrial.MoreLess
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