" How much are you talking about?" I asked."There are four of us now; with you that would be about $6 million each. It would be an equal split of the ...net of twenty percent each," he said."I'm game. Do you think there would be a part for Mike in it?" I figured you would ask that. The producer that wants Mike to do the screen test is one of the partners. That's why I asked you." Let's keep it to ourselves about that. I'd hate to have Mike think I pulled any strings." Sounds good. I'll talk it. ” “You going after them?” “Yep,” he growled in answer, the tightly contained, slow boil of anger at Delly’s death giving him direction and conviction to do exactly that. “Want some company?” Mindblind paused and looked back for a moment. “They’ve got my sister,” she said, answering his unspoken question. “Good chance we’ll get killed.” “Better chance that they will,” she hissed in response. He grinned, liking her answer. “Yeah, we can watch each other’s backs.” “Don’t go to the front door of. ” “So what does Monica say to you? If you don’t mind my asking.” Brenda looked away. “Just … mean things. Like I’ll always be fat and never have a boyfriend or get married. Boys have teased me all through school. I don’t look like anyone else. I don’t think like anyone else. And sometimes I think I’ll never belong, anywhere.” Houlihan sat back. The usual teenage thoughts, that is, if you weren’t one of the chosen. “I’m sorry.” He didn’t dare say that life was sometimes like high school, that it. The Dune modification to the stealth / impellor shield and the FTL active probe just somehow slipped everybody's memory.The combination of main engine equipment enabled a broader exposure to power plants for the cadets — there had been a small increase in the number of vessels using the Adama power plant operating out of Sol.To steer well clear of trouble the voyages of three months duration were undertaken to the north of Sol toward Galactic Centre. This did present some navigational problems.