Fallen Grace

[Teerin]

The General felt cramped; the bridge on this ship was small, and the captain's chair was just a hard steel frame. However, he sat patiently, watching the helmsman set the ship to dock with the jump hole. After they jumped through, he asked the pilot, "Raoul, are there any signs that the fight has begun?"

"There's nothing blaring over the system comms, sir," the man replied.

"Right, proceed to our destination," ordered Logarus. As they slowly powered up to cruise speed, he couldn't help but think of what to do if they were caught. The situation could be easily explained and dealt with if it happened before, but after they finished, that would be much harder to do.

Some time passed before they arrived to the trade lane ring. Fortunately, there was no one on their scanners. Raoul maneuvered their vessel into position, then spoke over the intercom, "Crew, begin the set-up."

Logarus listened to the sounds of robotic arms and cargo deployment while he watched the lane become more of a ... fatal road block. When it was finished, Raoul set coordinates for a different jump hole. Attaining cruise speed yet again, the General grinned, for they hadn't been caught.

"General, we're just in time. The alerts from New Paris have just gone out," stated the pilot.

Grinning again, he responded with, "Excellent news, I'm sure that Operation Mickey Mouse will help Fallen Grace to be successful."

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"You see what your knowledge tells you you're seeing. ... how, what you think the universe is, and how you react to that in everything you do, depends on what you know. And when that knowledge changes, for you, the universe changes. And that is as true for the whole of society as that is for the individual. We all are what we know, today. What we knew yesterday, was different; and so were we."
- James Burke, The Day the Universe Changed (1985)