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Chapter 04: Page 11

theleast

on June 21, 2007

To cut thrust is not the same as actually stopping. Thanks to inertia, both ships are still moving, but this is not observable from their perspective because the ships are motionless compared to each other and the planet is too large and too far away.

UDS = "Universal Docking System". When Niobe was built, there was a wide variety of inter-ship docking systems, many of which were incompatible with each other. Eventually a modular universal system was invented and is now installed in most new ships. It is designed to fit a number of older systems, but not all, and will only fit Niobe's hanger (she also has two aft airlocks, but they are seldom used).

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