Chapter Eight
The atmosphere in the control room of the docking hall was tense.
The room was not big. The crew had used all the holdfasts along the walls, and now everyone was trying to stop themselves bumping into everyone else. This space was really too small to contain all of them.
But the docking hall, on the other side of the barrier, was ready to be opened to space.
Yonta and Gerry had set in motion the mechanisms that had moved the walls aside to make as much room as possible.
Tina had given them the specifications of the ship, and Yonta had calculated that the Alethia would just fit.
Now it was time to test out the work. They only got one chance at this and had to hope that no emergencies developed during this delicate operation.
So they all waited in the control room, watch
