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〃Its all food。 Nothing but food。〃

The ship had traveled with an enormous amount of food。 Even allowing for a crew of twenty; it was enough food for a voyage of several years。

They were getting very tired; it was a relief when Beth found a button; said; 〃I wonder what this does…〃

Barnes said; 〃Beth…〃

And the walkway began to move; rubber tread rolling forward with a slight hum。

〃Beth; I want you to stop pushing every damn button you see。〃

But nobody else objected。 It was a relief to ride the walkway past dozens of identical storage bays。 Finally they came to a new section; much farther forward。 Norman guessed by now they were a quarter of a mile from the crew partment in the back。 That meant they were roughly in the middle of the huge ship。

And here they found a room with life…support equipment; and twenty hanging spacesuits。

〃Bingo;〃 Ted said。 〃Its finally clear。 This ship is intended to travel to the stars。〃

The others murmured; excited by the possibility。 Suddenly it all made sense: the great size; the vastness of the ship; the plexity of the control consoles。 。。。

〃Oh; for Christs sake;〃 Harry said。 〃It cant have been made to travel to the stars。 This is obviously a conventional spacecraft; although very large。 And at conventional speeds; ''82'' the nearest star is two hundred and fifty years away。〃

〃Maybe they had new technology。〃

〃Where is it? Theres no evidence of new technology。〃

〃Well; maybe its…〃

〃Face the facts; Ted;〃 Harry said。 〃Even with this huge size; the ship is only provisioned for a few years: fifteen or twenty years; at most。 How far could it go in that time? Barely out of the solar system; right?〃

Ted nodded glumly。 〃Its true。 It took the Voyager spacecraft five years to reach Jupiter; nine years to reach Uranus。 In fifteen years 。。。 Maybe they were going to Pluto。〃

〃Why would anyone want to go to Pluto?〃

〃We dont know yet; but…〃

The radios squawked。 The voice of Tina Chan said; 〃Captain Barnes; surface wants you for a secure encrypted munication; sir。〃

〃Okay;〃 Barnes said。 〃Its time to go back; anyway。〃 They headed back; through the vast ship; to the main entrance。

SPACE AND TIME

They were sitting in the lounge of DH…8; watching the divers work on the grid。 Barnes was in the next cylinder; talking to the surface。 Levy was cooking lunch; or dinner…a meal; anyway。 They were all getting confused about what the Navy people called 〃surface time。〃

〃Surface time doesnt matter down here;〃 Edmunds said; in her precise librarians voice。 〃Day or night; it just doesnt make any difference。 You get used to it。〃

They nodded vaguely。 Everyone was tired; Norman saw。 The strain; the tension of the exploration; had taken its toll。

''83'' Beth had already drifted off to sleep; feet up on the coffee table; her muscular arms folded across her chest。

Outside the window; three small submarines had e down and were hovering over the grid。 Several divers were clustered around; others were heading back to the divers habitat; DH…7。

〃Looks like somethings up;〃 Harry said。 〃Something to do with Barness call?〃

〃Could be。〃 Harry was still preoccupied; distracted。 〃Wheres Tina Chan?〃

〃She must be with Barnes。 Why?〃

〃I need to talk to her。〃

〃What about?〃 Ted said。

〃Its personal;〃 Harry said。

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