Chapter Four
Chapter FourPhoenix Starship Andromeda—Underway for Keid-C
Phoenix Starship Andromeda“I’ll do the honors,” Jocara said.
Andromeda was already in a nullspace loop, so all she had to do was set the destination, just forty AUs distant, and take it out of the loop. The starship arrived in the Keid-C system less than one-tenth of a second later. The Bridge holoscreen displayed a dull red star with virtually no surface definition. Under Thorpe’s guidance, Jocara put Andromeda into an orbit twenty-five million kilometers from the star’s center.
AndromedaAndromeda“Have Mother collect as much data as possible for five hours,” Thorpe told Jocara. “Then do a circular transit at five thousand kilometers per second to locate any inner planets. Be sure to keep a lookout for microbots. T
