Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

his public space. As captain of the ship, his public space wasthe space the ship was in, undergoing the acceleration the shipwas. This room had been in zero gee during the years theywere being duped at the study planet, it was now at onepercent gravity with Sol directly below them as theydecelerated into its orbit. Their diversion to the Kuiper Beltwas barely detectable with astronomical instruments at thispoint. He adjusted the gravity to put Sol straight ahead ofthem so people wouldn't be 'looking thru the floor', though hedid not have a floor visualized in his public space. In fact hevisualized only the personifications of those present and anypertinent paperwork or screens. Nothing else was rendered invisual channels at all, only the snowflakes they were cruisingby were seen. He went to the head of the table with Solbehind him.Alfred seemed nervous at this morning’s meeting. Theonly duties Biology had left were the studies of the real datathat Alan had shunted aside, and monitoring the enforcementof Alan’s sentence. Kelvin noticed Alfred's agitation andcalled on him first. There was no gain in letting the man sitthere and sweat, even though his department could hardly beconsidered important with the war going on.“We may have a security breach sir.” Alfred said.Suddenly he was very important, “You have myundivided attention,” Kelvin said and stared straight at him.With his left hand he motioned to Glayet to pay attention.244