EN / Freefall 0171 - 0180 (D)
Freefall 0171
Power! We have power! Or how to start a fusion reactor
The sun operates by fusion. Nuclear power is what's behind solar power!
Of course! It all makes sense now!
Vampires! Have you noticed you never see a pro-nuclear vampire?
I must admit I have never thought about that before.
Freefall 0172
How will we know when it's started?
We'll see our power indicators go up.
That's it? I heard about a prototype reactor that lost it's plasma containment.
It made a huge bang and flash of light when it started up!
Yes. It's one of the few cases where an existing product became vaporware.
Vaporware – is a software product that is advertised for a long time, but never released in the end. That is, something that never becomes a real product. Florence talks about the reverse process: when a real product explodes, it becomes vaporware (vapor – steam)
Freefall 0173
The power indicator's slowly going up. Now it's stopped. Now it's going up again.
Watching this start up has taught me something.
Nuclear power is really boring.
And if you intend to reach a ripe old age, that's the way you'll keep it.
Freefall 0174
Wow! A lot of controls became active now that we're off emergency power.
Oooh! What's this button do?
TRIP
Pressing that button tells me to hurt you, Helix.
Oh. Okay. What's this button do?
Freefall 0175
Out! Out! I'm not going to have you in engineering trying to push every button in sight.
She's right. I don't belong in there. I'm a co-pilot.
I should be pressing buttons in the cockpit.
Freefall 0176
Attach cable B. Attach cable A. Then push.
Florence shouldn't have yanked my arm off like that. She's so excitable.
Sheesh. You'd think she'd never seen anyone reach for the self destruct mechanism before.
Freefall 0177
So many buttons and lights and switches! I think I'll press THIS one.
BAMF!
Hey, a sunroof!
WHOO!
I think I've pushed enough buttons for today.
Freefall 0178
That's the last of the grass out of your lenses.
This ship is dangerous! You can't just go around pressing buttons.
That's what I've been trying to tell you, Helix.
Well, I've learned my lesson.
You don't suppose if we put Sam in the ejection seat…?
Naw.
Freefall 0179
These people have got to get their priorities straight
rattle
rattle
CLANG!
zZZ…
It's after noon. Florence and Helix have been working on the ship since last night.
And still no one has brought me lunch. Those two have no sense of priorities.
Freefall 0180
Ah, I knew I had left some coffee in here a while back.
A little dusty, but still good.