Chapter Twelve
Chapter TwelvePhoenix Starship Andromeda—Outside the Keid Sphere
Phoenix Starship Andromeda—Outside the Keid SpherePhoenix Starship AndromedaAs the searchbot data arrived, Mother compiled an increasingly complex picture of the equatorial band. Daphne had specifically given Mother parameters to look for, parameters that might point to life higher on the scale than what they had found thus far.
The Bridge holoimage of the equatorial band had reached such complexity that the only way to examine it with any meaning was to pull out one section and enlarge it until the detail could be seen. Daphne was specifically looking for heat plumes that might indicate an incipient civilization.
The band sections did not display an even temperature regimen. Some areas were tropical warm,
