Chapter Three
Phoenix Starship Andromeda—Underway for Keid-B and C
Phoenix Starship Andromeda“Mother,” Kenred said, “transit to the star Keid-B, jump interval six picoseconds, specific destination, the outer edge of Keid-B’s life zone.”
One moment, Keid-A filled the holoscreen, visually a bit larger than Sol or Ran. The next, the white dwarf Keid-B showed at only 30 percent the size of their home suns.
“Keid-B’s actual diameter,” Thorpe said, “is just under twenty-eight thousand kilometers. That’s barely two percent of Sol or Ran. Their life zone is around a hundred fifty million klicks, an AU, whereas Keid-B’s is centered around nine million.” He turned around to find he had an audience of as many crew members that could comfortably fit on the Bridge—and who had nothing better to do.
