Re: Birds Rising on a Pillar of Rocket Exhaust [AAE IC #259]

On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:59:31 -0800 (PST)
Peter Eng Sent
AAE In Character List Post Number: 259

> Zia Sent
> AAE In Character List Post Number: 258
>
> (@)All ashore that’s going ashore! This bird is about to do a flit!@
> Zia’s “voice” rings out to every mind within the GodPhoenix or
> standing near it.
>
> “I have the most dreadful temptation to Lens Starbuck and dare him to
> a climbing-scissors match. Silly, especially when HIS craft is
> _designed_ for space flight.” She smiles at Tom, and goes back to
> muttering over her board lights, and changing this or that one a bit
> to adjust the feed to the engines.

“Climbing-scissors match?” Tom asks rhetorically, before turning his attention to the navigation controls. [There’s not much I can do in here, but maybe I can learn enough to keep an eye on these systems…hey, a Help file!]

As it turns out, the GodPhoenix had a great interface designer. After plotting the path, he stores it as a comparison flight so he can see how his best guess measures up to the actual flight plan, then gets out of the way.