The Galaxii Series Omnibus 1

Chapter 4 No.4

Word Count: 690 | Released on: 29/06/2018

it seemed, was meant to have been fixed or straightene

announced in a

Ripley, although irreligious, gratefull

ly vacant – the communications officer had been relieving Falcone at his station. A youthful lieutenant who looked around 21 to Ripley (and probably like a teenager to Falcone) swiveled round in the command chair like a

young man, giving him a big wink as he did so. "Y

as he quickly stood up to

was one of the very new crew drafted from Spacedock 7 when the crisis struck and they had to fill all their personnel shortages post haste. He

ce aglow with the excitement

center of the bridge. Ripley took her seat at the Exo's station, which was immediate

you that we've picked u

ok at him a moment b

one?" He shr

f-guard by Falcone's demeanor, "We're th

ible haste... even in the light of their current assignment. The only problem was, Ripley reflected, with the stardrive strewn all over engineering, t

eady daunting workload. Like the Last Straw. Ripley thought for a moment the lieutenant's hesitatio

S.S. Pegasus. Registry says pr

been a more descriptive term. It was that name, d'Angelo. She

hat man's name, Lt

ed at her mat

f the Pega

ded in

, big 'A' – Michael, I think – thoug

reathed, almo

s usually crisp and aloof Exec seemed to be str

Commander?"

overing her composure. "I think I kno

Said Falcone,

y blu

re than one Mykl d'Angel

d of y

in a more level tone. "I knew hi

-Fleet

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“Just think about it. As frontiers go, this is probably the most final of them all, not because it may be the last frontier, but because as long as we try to cross it and explore it, we take it with us. No matter how far we go, the frontier will always be just that much ahead of us, tantalizing our curiosities. Thus, we can never really cross it in so far as just push it back a little. The universe is so vast, so immense, we can never expect to explore it all. It is in effect, not so much a final frontier as an ultimate frontier; the ultimate frontier – as wide as it is deep. Stars shine coldly in the unimaginable blackness. Out of the darkness, a tiny speck caught the distant light of stars – a tiny gray speck that, as it moved, seemed to grow larger, catching the light just so until it revealed itself to be a ship. Mykl d'Angelo groaned where he sat slumped in his chair. The irritating noise was unsettling his pet dog lying on his lap. The wickerwork garden chair creaked pleasantly under him and some native Earth birds made pleasant sounds above while the cool wind wafted over him as he lazily ... Wait-a-minute!”