Flying On The Fringe

Arrived at the regional wormhole. I passed through it many times back when I was a crewman on a C-100 cargo vessel, but this will my first time piloting through it myself. There really isn’t much to “piloting” through the wormhole—it drags the ship through from one end to the other. The ship’s computer has to be shut down during transit because the gravitational distortions drive the computer crazy—so to speak.

The entry/exit of the wormhole is marked by a circle of ten luminaries in geo-stationary orbit. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to see it, though that isn’t really necessary either. The space station in permanent orbit near the wormhole guides ships into proper alignment for entry, and once you get close enough, the wormhole sucks you in. Only one ship is allowed through at a time, so at present I’m sitting in queue waiting for my turn. The stationmaster on the opposite side has notified the one on my side that a ship has clearance to enter. I have to wait for it to exit before I will be given clearance.

Marlon Tave, Captain