The jump itself went as smoothly as Aeven ever knew them to be. For a moment the sounds of the Northforce raised to a deep harmonic hum before a slight feeling of change tingled down his spine, a split second of weightlessness, then the ship returned to its normal soundscape. The deep blue port warning light turned back to a soft teal glow, signalling to everyone that they could let go of whatever support they had held onto. It didn’t feel like much had happened, just that he knew they were now potentially hundreds of light-years away from the place they had been just seconds ago.

He pulled up the plain dark work-overalls and added the utility belt Walker handed him. It looked like it was filled with all sorts of useful tools, and at closer inspection he also noted one tube of the antiseptic cream Teseni had prescribed him for his eye. The moment he thought about it he felt that slight itch again, the…
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