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current_story:the_sword_of_ophiuchus_part_3 [2021/06/02 01:37] cromwellcurrent_story:the_sword_of_ophiuchus_part_3 [2021/06/13 15:01] cromwell
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 "Tactical display," St. John ordered hurriedly.  "Show me the whole picture from the subspace relay network." "Tactical display," St. John ordered hurriedly.  "Show me the whole picture from the subspace relay network."
  
-As the image switched to a digital computer map of the star system, the highly-elliptical orbit of Gamma Serpentis Base around the red giant came into view on a grid-patterned visual.  The verteron beam that was creating the Geodesic pulse was portrayed with a pulsating yellow line that ran straight and tangential from the base's current orbital location directly to the star.  A numeric readout in the lower right corner depicted the time to intercept of Republic with the Geodesic fold.+As the image switched to a digital computer map of the star system, the highly-elliptical orbit of Gamma Serpentis Base around the red giant came into view on a grid-patterned visual.  The verteron beam that was creating the Geodesic pulse was portrayed with a pulsating yellow line that ran straight and tangential from the base's current orbital location directly to the star over twenty million kilometers away.  A numeric readout in the lower right corner depicted the time to intercept of Republic with the Geodesic fold.
  
 "Destruct trigger on my mark," he raised a finger while watching the time tick down to contact with the fold.  Louise's hand hovered over a blinking red button on the transporter console as the timer approached the one-minute mark, causing St. John to verbally count down the seconds.  "Three... two... one... mark!" "Destruct trigger on my mark," he raised a finger while watching the time tick down to contact with the fold.  Louise's hand hovered over a blinking red button on the transporter console as the timer approached the one-minute mark, causing St. John to verbally count down the seconds.  "Three... two... one... mark!"
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