DENVER—PHOENIX COMPLEXThe nanobot team took another week to finish the working MBH drive prototype. It had the same dimensions as the MBH in the Asterian craft, but the particle ring diameter was twelve meters instead of twenty-five. It sat on the deck in the middle of the Greater Hall. eSally and eBrad floated nearby, while Sally and Brad stood behind radiation shields with their other team members.
“Ready to do this?” Brad asked generally, his voice filled with excitement.
Nods all around with a smattering of Yeah Baby and Go for it told him it was time. Brad nodded to Sally.
“Do it, Chị ơi!”
Sally threw the switch. For a moment, nothing seemed to happen. Then, slowly, the prototype lifted until it hovered a meter-and-a-half above the deck.
“Radiation count is normal background,” so
