She was about to say something, force the confused Mind to see what was before it, but something on the planet stopped her. A gap in the heavy atmosphere was opening up, a circle widening like the eye of a developing storm. It dilated until she could see a clear tunnel, walls vertical, leading down to the planet"s surface. There was an island there, grey seas surrounding a circular speck of land. The broken remains of bridges radiated outwards, star-like, appearing to head away to unknown continents. Buildings or structures of some unknown sort stood upon the island, the circumference of which glowed with a blue light.
“What is this?” she said. “What are you showing me?”
“It calls to me,” said the ship. “The Gamma Spinwards Tunnel.”
“You"re saying we can use this? Get away down there
