“That means a 25% chance that we won't survive the translation.”
It was her turn to teach the ship some sarcasm. “Thanks for the help with the higher mathematics. We'll take those odds.”
They completed four jumps in-system, shorter and shorter until they reached the 75% boundary. There was no sign of pursuit, nor of any Concordance activity. A single rocky planet orbited the star, a mere twenty million kilometres from the sun's surface. It had little magnetosphere and no atmosphere, the star bathing its surface in hard radiation. It wasn't the sort of place anyone was going to be living.
“There are several oddities about this solar system,” said the Dragon.
“Such as the fact that the universe isn't old enough for the star to exist.”
“That, and the curious nature of the planet. Accordi
