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Meristem, we have a problem – an Excerpt from “Bart Steele”

The Swiftwing moved on between the stars. Shift followed shift, spaceport followed spaceport, sun followed sun.

The blackout at peak of each warp-shift persisted. The captain had given me permission to report off duty, but since the blackouts did not impair my efficiency, I had refused.

One day when I came on watch and what I saw was worried faces. When Ringg came into the control center they…