We decided that we would reserve the entire Alpha Centauri system for future use and designate Barnard's Star as our first live-fire range.We had the ...arjee take one of the Auroras to Alpha C and another to Barnard's Star and wait, just in case we had trouble. Each ship had several men we could use as crew replacements if needed.We took Appleby and Bere out for our first hyperspace jumps under human control. We weren't really up to synchronized fleet movements together yet, but their assigned. I doubt the Guildmaster could wait longer than that for--" And since when are we on the Guild Hall's schedule?" Jothan declared."You were certainly willing to take the Guildmaster at his word when it suited your plans!" Marlon fired back."Why does he need this information that fast? What deadline does he have?" I can only assume it has something to do with the current diplomatic crisis between Oceanus and the Urisi over this former Lord Tarras." All right, fine, whatever. Say we need to move. Oops I don't think I've ever seen her as pissed offsince..."A racer is something a teenage boy had in the 80's this when I feellike it can go almost as fast as a moped." she had explainedOn the odd bike ride we had shared together I struggled to keep her insight while I was on my clunky old mountain bike.... Anyway I'mrambling... Sarah had to go away on a course for work and I'd plannedtoday for weeks.Physically we were similar height both around five ten... She toweredabove me when she wore. However, for some reason, Fender’s music started becoming slower and sad-sounding. Fender herself, who had started with a big smile on her face, was now slightly frowning with a furrow on her brow. Fender looked like she was trying to change the mood, but the music progressively got sadder and sadder. Even Fender’s voice became slower, and the tunes had more down notes than up. The smiles that had been starting to form on the crowd’s faces quickly disappeared, and their familiar frowns.