This week with Arlene and Jeff:
...“How long can you continue this pace?” he asked Ship.
The huge battleship hesitated. “Practically forever, I suppose. My diversion fields are at maximum as well as both my screens. Should the first two fail, theoretically, the last screen will channel the energy – no matter how much – to another dimension, but I would not want that to happen. Better that we continue to swerve aside as we are doing now, rather than the possible destruction of a star and her system.”
“Destruction of a star,” Jeff didn’t know whether Ship was serious or not. After a moment, he said, “First Officer, I think that Ship has proven herself to everyone’s satisfaction. Drop us back to Warp 6.”
“Pilot, reduce our speed to Warp 6,” the First Officer tried to say casually.
The Pilot repeated the command and quickly complied.
“Human beings aren’t made to travel that fast,” Jeff told Ship, half in jest.
“Should we leave our galaxy for another, we will need that speed, maybe even all the way to Warp 10,” Ship returned.
“A hundred thousand million stars in our galaxy, according to scientists’ guesses, should be enough to keep us busy for a while without venturing to another galaxy no telling how many million light years away,” he commented...
Have a goodun;
Roust