Success in the development of the theoretically-predicted resonator came home two days later, and Carl was swift to act. He took the device back to his room, and during the sleep period dressed himself in the incursion suit that he had used when he’d rescued Armand. Taking the temporal bubble field generator and un-shackler from their hiding place, he headed out.
Using the generator, he was able to make his way undetected to the room where Todd was kept prisoner—although he was assisted in this by the absence of strict, orderly regimen among the pirates. They viewed independence of action as a positive thing. Carl chuckled as he thought of that: he was using his own at this very moment.
At the cell door it took Carl some time to get past the security lock. But one of the things he had st
