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confidence, then talked the young genius into activating the entire complex.
This time, the Captain did throw the Professor into the stockade.
Then Burton called the young man into her office and proposed a plan. She
would command the starship, and he would serve as pilot, acting as the interface with the starship’s Precursor computer.
With trepidation, you accepted.
The Return to Earth
After 3 months of intensive crew training, Captain Burton felt it was finally
time to leave Unzervalt. You weren’t so sure, weren’t entirely comfortable with
your new role as a starship officer. Burton listened as you expressed your
doubts, then put an arm around your shoulders and re-assured you. You’d
make a fine pilot. She’d trust a ship to you any time.
Besides, all the plans were set. The two of you would
lead the return to Earth, and once there send back a
rescue ship for the colonists left behind. If necessary,
Burton vowed, you would fight your way through the
forces of the Ur-Quan Hierarchy.
You, above all, will remember that trip, for during the
journey you went through a rite of passage. You left
Unzervalt a boy and soon found yourself forced to be a
man – to lead bravely and boldly and wisely. Think
back. Do you recall the exhilaration of blasting off from
the tiny planet where you were born – and the sheer terror later? Three days
out, as you approached the perimeter of that cursed Oort Cloud, you found
the Tobermoon – derelict and tumbling through space. The deep burns along
her hull were mute evidence she’d seen combat. And lost. The discovery was,
of course, a great shock to Captain Burton. Unconsciously she chewed her
bottom lip, and for the first time her handsome face showed the awful strain