Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

concluded, "we want your opinion of whether or not that willwork.""Maybe," he said. “If we drag a big enough bite in aheadof time we'll have a lot of hot protons swirling around inthere for awhile. It won't be enough to get any power out of,but she may not grow cold. It's all about taking a big enoughbite to keep her hot but not so big as to choke her. Once weget the beam back out front we'll have to bring her upgradual, it could be another four seconds before we're back tofull power. The attractor's going to creep on us while ourlaser power is low but I think we have enough play in it now.Maybe we can ease the suspension field just a bit while wetake Thom's scan and it won’t creep much at all.""The longer we wait, the more slew time we'll have to theimpactor," Heymon pointed out. "How long til you can be setup?" he asked Thom."I’ve been ready since 7:51," Thom said."How long til you can get ready?" he asked Morg."Reggie'll need good slew coordinates," he answered,"who's programming those?""Darryl in astrophysics," he said, "actually he gave me aplug-in that updates the slew code in real time, I can drop itto you now." Thom pulled his own phone. He kept itminimized most of the time, but when brought up, it lookedlike an antique handset. Ava had given him this app as a fifthanniversary gift, proving she knew he liked retro decor."With your approval sir?" Heymon asked the captain.149