This week with Arlene and Jeff:
...Evie interrupted them as she looked at the equipment while they all stood in one of Ship's massive cargo holds. "I know that Ship uses her inertialess drive, and consequently, we don't feel any acceleration, but shouldn't the tractor be tied down, anyway - just in case?"
Before Jeff could answer, Ship spoke up. "It is secured. It is gravity locked to the deck. My inertialess drive has never failed and never will fail, but if it did fail, somehow, the equipment would not be affected in the slightest."
"Sorry," Evie said. "We're accustomed to securing everything to the truck or trailer to keep it from moving around while we're on the road."
"All of my movable equipment aboard, when not in use, is gravity locked to the deck. Should my internal gravity or inertialess drive fail, nothing will drift around or crash into anything else," Ship assured her.
As Jeff ushered them out of the cargo hold, Evie, thinking maybe she should have kept her mouth shut, looked at her husband and blushed while he chuckled, but she decided to try again, anyway. "Well," she said, "what would happen to humans if your gravity or inertialess drive failed… Eep," she gasped out as her feet suddenly seemed to be glued to the deck mid-step.
"Human beings are fragile; therefore, I would protect them from crashing into something," Ship smugly said as Evie was suddenly able to walk again.
"Point taken," Evie said. "I should have kept my mouth shut."...
Have a goodun;
Roust