Starstream #02 - Down the Stream of Stars by Jeffrey A. Carver

Author:Jeffrey A. Carver [Carver, Jeffrey A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adventure, Science Fiction, Fiction, General
ISBN: 9780759206748
Google: E8OkHx2lVKgC
Amazon: 0759206740
Publisher: e-reads.com
Published: 1990-12-01T00:00:00+00:00

Claudi nodded, but she was confused. “I thought we were—that this was a big bubble.” She made a sweeping gesture with her arms, to indicate the observation deck.

The captain nodded. “That’s how it’s supposed to look. A lot of effort went into making it that way. But no—this isn’t a bubble on the side of the ship. Not really. What it is is a wonderful projection room.”

“You mean—it’s a surroundie? ” Claudi’s voice carried her disappointment.

“No, not exactly.” The captain smiled. He seemed to understand her disappointment. “It’s a real observation deck. But we couldn’t put a bubble outside the ship, not in n-space. So what we do instead is use forcefields that stick out of the ship and bring the image inside. They act like lenses to make all this visible to our eyes, with a little help from the IS. If we were really outside, in n-space, we wouldn’t see anything that would make any sense to us, anyway.” He paused, to see if she was following.

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