Solar Warden

Icarus Part 12

Samuel was on a front window below the bridge part. This curved higher tower from the center part at the end of the ship gave a good overview. He saw down to the Moon base on the side. The only thing what was visible because of the turned on lights.

Then it was time. Slowly the starship lifted off and a short time later the lights went out. The ground behind was in the darkness. Only light came from the stars and the room light. Samuel put on his glasses which had infrared support. Now he could see something coming closer. It was cigar shaped, like his ship without the tower and wing parts. That must be one of the prior stellar vessels used to secure the Solar system. They past it and only the stars were left to see. Samuel went to his work place. A small office room where he could close the door if needed. In this section were more offices with most of them used also by computer science experts. Also Max had her office nearby. With a terminal they had access to all the ship database and sensors readings. So they were able to do analysis or develop improved algorithm. He and Max had also the task now to improve the passive sensor readings. So he started to look at the sensor specs and the description of the current algorithm the system used. After reading some of the specs he activated one of the front cameras which displayed the stars. He continued to read more specs. Then the camera, view started to flicker and went dark. Samuel checked the status of the camera it was OK. Then that of the spaceship. They were in hyperspace now. Samuel remembered from a prior talk with Newman that in hyperspace the physics is different and light seems not to exist there. So he continued his work.