Phoenix Starship Andromeda—Keid-B Space
As the clock pushed forward, Strozid called Thorpe on his internal Link.
“This is going to take a lot longer than I first thought, Captain—several days, at least. Working with carbynophene is tricky at best, but then coating it with Q-carbon…well let’s just say we’re inventing several new manufacturing concepts at each step.” He paused. “And before you ask, yes, we’re using a Nanocosm. But until we develop the new procedures, we can’t program them into the device.”
“Thanks. We’ll exit the Keid-C system and hang out until you have what you need.”
“Mother, take us to Keid-B in a ten-million-kilometer orbit. Use the time to collect data from the star.”
With virtually no delay, the Bridge screens displayed the white dwarf Keid-B, and Mother began to
