Subject: Re: Grail: "The Great Brightness" - `Countdown to Danger'
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"Ms. Donucci.", Epic said, smiling at her. "Make sure you get
your rest tonight. Because tomorrow, it's all YOU."
All eyes turned to Alison as Epic walked up to her. His tone was
low. "And I want DeMontigny with you in case we have to `shoot the
curl'."
*Give me a break....... using gravitational pull to gain moment is as
olld as spacetravel itself.* Alison looks away from Epic and down at
her console as a look of sarcasm comes accross her face. *It was the
first thing I said to Firespray when he showed me what the Great
Brightness was, the use of gravitational pull for spacetravel is
taught in elementary schools on Earth.*
Alison gritted her teeth as a mission load of frustration comes
bubbling to the surface. *If the captain thinks I'm that incompitant
that I can't handle a fourhundred year old plan then he should relieve
me of my duties.* She finds it almost impossible to concentrate on
what she is doing as the floodgates of angry emotions spill into her
mind. *and if the captain wants to micromanage the entire ship he may
as well get rid of all the senior officers, but as long as I'm in
charge of flight control I'll run it my way.*
Trying to calm herself Alison closes her eyes. She's not sure why
or how the captains remarks set her off, all she knows now is that her
heart is racing and everything thayt has irritated her since boarding
the Grail is now weighing heavily on her mind.
Slowly thoughts of not having warp-drive in the next system deverts
Aliosns attention back to where it should be. *Will we have the power
to break free of the Great Brightnesses gravitational pull once we're
through it without warp-drive?*
Lt Alison Donucci