Knock, KnockThe gigantic engine exhausts iris open, exposing the shimmering, iridescent blue of the fusion-powered plasma cores within. Each one of those immense openings could swallow ten Sundowners in formation.
Once the Shiloh's crew start the ignition process, there's no going back. Once set in motion, all that power needs to be released. That sounds like a euphemism. What is Soledad doing later tonight?
I hang on to Jagr's seat as Braden takes us around the warship.
The docking bay is on the underside of the great vessel, and the Shiloh towers above us. Decks on interplanetary starships stack like the floors of a starscraper, perpendicular to the ship's long axis. That way, inertia provides artificial gravity as the ship accelerates and decelerates. As we approach, immense blast do
