Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

Sol’s space. “We might actually learn whether you are rightabout these signals or not. It’ll require some help from yourcontact on the ground and a fabrication program for thathand-held fifth order condensate detector."“It’s only a fourth order detector,” he said.“It should be a simple extrapolation, just like when wewent from second to third and third to fourth. We know whatan order layer is now, we just need to add on another.”“We’ll need Darryl,” he said, and used his phone to callhim. “And how did you get wet? Why were you naked?”“It was all part of the presentation.”“What presentation?”She didn’t want to have to get into this, “In thepresentation I was encapsulated in, they use a sensorydeprivation tank to travel between universes.”“It sounds interesting.”“It was all probably just a drama. Until we build and usethe instrument we talked about, we don’t know if it was anymore than entertainment.”Darryl entered the room. He seemed to use the back doorto the lab exclusively now. “You’re back!” he exclaimed.“Yes, and before I go report to the captain, I want youguys to get started on a fifth order condensate detectionpistol.”“We only know fourth order,” Darryl said.“We should be able to extrapolate,” Ava said.“But why?” Darryl asked.542