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“What do you mean?” Dr. Grovepath said.“I… have neglected looking for the site of Avalon, so I do not know where itexactly lies.”“I see.”“I just didn't think we would need to return to real Avalon just yet. But now,we need to find its location. I could find it faster, if I had fresher access to maps.”“So… you just need map data?”“I may need to study the maps to find it.”“Oh?” Dr. Colbert said. “So Avalon can be found if you just look at the maps?why people haven't found Avalon? What's so difficult about it?”“Because Avalon is not an island any more. Or, rather, it is part of anotherisland.”“I see. Postglacial rebound?” Dr. Colber said.“Your terminology stumps me, wise-woman.”“Basically, uh… how do I explain this? I think the sea level has lowered sincethe Middle Ages, and new ground has been revealed?”“at could be an explanation for that. What was once a small island becamea bigger island, then it became a peninsula in another larger island.”“I know just the cure”, Dr. Grovepath said. “Let me get my computer. I havehad problems geing to the military data lately, but they do offer excellent mappingsystems to the public — you would be surprised how many great areologicalsites we can find with the World Federation Civil Space Agency's famousWorld Wind soware…”February 19, 2632, 13:14 UTCe external cameras of the FTL Cruiser Nedelin had seen beer days. e grizzledbaleship had taken part in numerous engagements with the Planners, andCaptain Larisa Volkova was famous for his skills in leading the combat from distance.She kept a bole of really awful Finnish borderline-industrial-grade vodkastashed in a cupboard on the bridge, and took a swig for every Planner cra thatthey could see from the windows, or even with the camera zoom. Captain Volkovawas, for a good reason, also known as the Sober Lara.But still, Volkova wasn't particularly foolhardy: None could say that she eatedon the camera maintenance, even when the cameras were rarely useful in combat.While the camera feed wasn't really perfect what came to the image quality,it was plenty good enough for geing nice visuals on whatever was going on inthe vicinity of the ship. ey had the perfect vantage point for the epic bale ofthe ages, even when the television had higher standards nowadays. Even withthe picture quality being only so-so, Dr. Colbert made sure the cameras recorded