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It is anticipated that this, thelast of threespace walks completed by the pairon theireleven-day mission, will last about six and a half hours.

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Cth.components, we bucked and shuddered on the border, but avoided the bone-crushing slams and gut-wrenching twists that less skillful skippers were giving their ships as they flicked back and forth between threespace and Cth. Our scouting line must have been a peculiar sight to

A Question of Courage Virgil Finlay 1951

But we weren't flicking in and out of threespace like some of the others.

A Question of Courage Virgil Finlay 1951

We moved quietly, detectors out, scanning the area for a light-day around as we moved forward at less than one Lume through Cth. More would have been fatal for had we been forced to resort to a quick breakout to avoid enemy action, and if we were travelling above one Lume when we hit threespace, we'd simply disappear, leaving a small spatial vortex in our wake.

A Question of Courage Virgil Finlay 1951

We flicked into threespace just in time to see a volcano of fire erupt from "Amphitrite's" side and the metallic flick of the Rebel scout slipping back into Cth. "What's your situation, 'Amphitrite'?" our signal asked.

A Question of Courage Virgil Finlay 1951

By hanging in the infra band, on the ragged edge of threespace, a scout ship could remain concealed until a critical moment, breakout into threespace -- discharge her weapons -- and flick back into Cth before an enemy could get a fix on her.

A Question of Courage Virgil Finlay 1951

"Morale seems a little better, doesn't it, Marsden?" he said to me as the "Amphitrite" flicked out into threespace and we followed.

A Question of Courage Virgil Finlay 1951

"Stand by," he ordered, and we dove into threespace again -- loosed another salvo at another Reb, and flicked out of sight.

A Question of Courage Virgil Finlay 1951

The enemy line had taken the field, and under the comparatively slow speeds of threespace was rushing forward to meet our Line which had emerged a few minutes ago.

A Question of Courage Virgil Finlay 1951

There was a brief flurry of action, the Rebels were englobed, a couple of cruisers drove in, latched onto the helplessly straining Rebel scouts and dragged them into threespace.

A Question of Courage Virgil Finlay 1951