Chapter 6: The wormhole not taken

"The numbers were for illustrative purposes," Elan says, instinctively looking around for Rena to tell him whether he used 'illustrative' correctly.

"I just want to provide an example of how it would work and to see if people agree with the concept. If there's a different way you want to handle it, I'm all ears. But it seems like something we should figure out in advance when we're all cool and level-headed, rather than debating it in the heat of some disagreement."

"We could keep it all together and use it as needed for the ship and for one another!" Samara looks to Elan, happy to be able to help, since he had asked for suggestions.