garrattj

Five-Minute fiction - 23:47-23:52

The process is called a Quantum Shunt, Dr Rasmus Talia said as he slid his chair from side of the white board to the other. In essence, and if youre a fan of science fiction, you could call it a jump, but I would hesitate to use the word as no actual jump is happening. The shunt as it stands is fairly controllable provided the engine-drive system can operate in conjunction. A mis-relay between the two components could result in a number of foreseeable outcomes.

Such as? Daniel Cresa said.

Oh, well the most humorous of them being the engine-drive system shunting without the ship.

Hawthorne lowered the technical manual he was reading and tried not to let his jaw drop. You mean it tears itself free from the ship?

Actually, no. There is no tearing involved. The system simply shunts, or perhaps I could use the words phases, from its position attached to the ship to wherever the ship is expected to end up. Its quite humorous. A number of tests in the laboratory provided the necessary information on to graft