Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

could get to the all-afterlife rendezvous point.”“And then what?” Kelvin asked.“Any ship that can make space is leaving,” Elmore said.“Many of the survivors are going to the Centauri colony, thathas not been attacked.”“For how long?” Kelvin asked.“There will be no reason for us to stay,” Ava said. “Wecan pick up some updates, maybe a few refugees, but we canget outside this creature.”“It will take centuries,” Kelvin said, “Even if we are nearthe boundary.”“We are a Bussard powered ship,” Heymon said, “Thereis no practical limit to the distance we might fly. Unless thisthing permeates the universe, I think we can fly beyond it’sreach.”“And we are a seedship,” Ava said, “We will find a worldwe can inhabit some day, and we still have the means topopulate it, even if it takes five thousand years to find one. Ifwe take this course, the Christial human species need not goextinct.”568