Back in the control room."Ma'am, it seems the energy from the explosion has gone along way to stabilize the worm hole, at the rate of decay I would sa...y we have several hours to send the payload through."The director nodded to the Lead scientist."Good, I want you to install the special databases in the A.I. Of the payload, once it retrieves the first Golem it will need to reprogram it, that is the first priority, I want them both to establish a base of operations on the other side, they will. I still do not know what he wants. He smiles at me and looks serious before starting to talk. He starts by saying what a nice house I have and that it feels very comfortable here. I’m nervous about the reason why he is here. He starts talking again how he has seen me out and about and has wanted to approach me to talk. He enjoys the way I look, my eyes and my lips. I give him a very shy look and the butterflies are starting small in my stomach. But still a lot nervous as I have let this. She stood, gently tapping the tall, sixteen-year-old’s bottom until she was satisfied.“Twelve strokes with my paddle and do not move or say anything because if you do then I’ll start all over from the beginning. Am I making myself clear, young man?” Amelia raised the paddle and took aim.Andrew French turned his head to the left and looked at the short, dark-haired woman. He nodded at her before replying.“Yes, Miss.” He then returned his head to the desk in front of him and awaited that first. It only had one medtube, a choice which may have cost us lives that terrible day, but there wasn’t space for another. The mission bay could not be reloaded from a magazine, because we didn’t have space for that either. If we had made the ship large enough to accommodate all those changes and a larger reactor, it would have required additional crew, which would make the ship even larger, which would further compromise our stealth abilities. Every ship is a collection of compromises. Some that we.