" What she means," explained Robyn, "is that now Courtney Archer Inc. has gotten so damn big and Jaclyn can guarantee me enough business, so it's not ...ven much of a risk to go out on my own. But I have to confess that being able to spend some time with you here at the new lake house is quite a nice attraction in itself. I never dreamed that the three of us would ever get back together." I almost lost that dream myself, Robyn," said Courtney, "and even now I keep pinching myself to make sure. I awoke to sounds of mom slamming cupboards in the kitchen she hated to cook. My morning wood was giving me a full salute I showered and went about the normal routine. It was a raining out . " At least my jizz gone" I though to myself. After breakfast the rain stopped and the sun came out . Greg was already at my front door." Hey you want to come with us to the library" . "Us I asked?" I step out and saw Timmy standing there with a dopey smile . "Hey Tim" Hello" I could bearably look at him. It would be best if we’re parked.”Jim laughed and tried to make a joke of it by saying, “Whoa, Katy, this all sounds very mysterious. I’m not in any trouble, am I?”I just rolled my eyes and said, “Of course you’re not in trouble. After all, you're the big boss. I just want a few quiet moments to talk with you.”Jim thought for a few seconds and teasingly chuckled as he said, “Okay, little darlin’, but you better scrunch down in the seat when we pull in there. My windows are tinted as darkly as. A major problem was matching velocities. "Sundowner's" ion transfer propulsion pods were effective (at slightly differing degrees of efficiency) in all layers but "Shiralee / Swagman" had to rely on reaction mass thrusters which in n space were fuel hogs and only used there for manoeuvring. "Shiralee's / Swagman's" impellor pods (n space propulsion) and sails (hyper space spacing) were grossly inefficient in hard (aka cosmic) space. Thrusters became economic in hard space as a little thrust.