Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

will be sucking vacuum for fifteen seconds, the core will gocold and we'll have to re-light. Since we can't bring thepositioning coils on the attractor into cal, we could drop thatagain. It could be like turn-over all over again.""Take one sample at a time," Thom said. "The time forthe tangler to slew to just the impactor and back shouldn't letthe core die, especially if you give the beam a little boostbefore you slew it.""You're a bussard pilot?" Heymon asked."Morgan Evans is a close friend," Thom answered. Hewas more Ava's friend, thru Glenelle Mason, but he had beento the villa and talked shop."Have you discussed this with him?" Heymon asked."Not directly sir, but I did ask him about what wouldhappen if the tangler was off for any length of time."Heymon used a phone to call Morg. He didn't render it tospeak only thru the phone's instance, but let him speak in theroom when he answered. "This is Heymon, can you beinterrupted?""Now? Sure," Morg said, "we're steady, not even asnowflake in the area," he said."Can you step into my office?""Not a problem," he said, stepping thru the door. Morgused as little magic as possible in everyday life, but while onduty he used what was convenient for the crew and allowedfor his rank. "Hey Thom, Captain, Elmore, what's up?"They explained it to him briefly, "So," Heymon148