Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

8:01am Fri. Apr. 19, 2384He had left his quarters natural again, in spite of the factthat this would be a large meeting. Maybe it was because hedidn’t dare monkey with his scene generator when there wasno one to save him if he should mash something up. Thatmeant one percent gravity, the glare of Sol almost directlybelow them, and the snowflakes rising slowly by them exceptwhen they passed thru a veil. For seating he had providedplush plumes with ornately carved wooden arms, ergonomicfor one percent gravity, invisible of course. All that could beseen were the personifications of most of the senior people onthe expedition. Kelvin was not going to delay the meeting.There were a few majors and lieutenants who had beeninvited that hadn't arrived, but Alfred, Heymon and Elmorewere here so he called them to order."As you can all see, our Systems Administrator is not withus today. In case there are any of you who don't know, shewas working with Thom Husband and Darryl Yorkum the daybefore yesterday and was lost. Thom and Darryl believe she isnot dead but in a trap. Would you please tell the ship’sofficers exactly how it happened?” Kelvin asked them.“The experiment we were conducting was to try anddetermine if logical simulations of fourth order condensatescan be entangled with the fourth order condensates in the darkbodies. You see...” Thom went into a spate of jargon afterthat, but eventually it got down to something he could330