![]() ![]() It was the persistent expansion of plate metal reacting to heat from a ruptured tube jacket.įorward, in the control compartment of the cargo craft, the sounds were muted. boom. A severed and dangling piston rod crashed in monotonous rhythm against a deck beam as the rest of the auxiliary compression unit strained to satisfy its function.Īn off-beat bass viol strum added its depressive note to the symphony of destruction’s aftermath- throom-throom . . . ![]() Like the sibilant, labored breathing of a dying monster, the tortured ship wailed its death sobs as it floundered in deep hyperstellar space.Ĭlank-sss, clank-sss, went the battered safety valve of the pile cooling system.īOOM . . . Ships switching from hyper to normal space had to do it in a micro-second-if the crews were to live. ![]() 3000adġ0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Spillthrough by Daniel F. ![]()
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