”“So here we are,” mused Carole. “A big pile of adults, and,” looking over at her offspring, the budding Valerie and maturing Peter, “soon...-to-be adults. A real family needs children; don’t you think?”“Yes, the time has come,” agreed Michael, “for the family to consider children. We still have a mission to perform, and sometimes it will be dangerous, but if we sequence pregnancies carefully, we should be able to have the children we want and need.“Two of you have already asked me,” Michael. I’ve taken a lot of your time. I should go now.’ She felt suddenly remorseful. She had played the piece to expose him. She would embarrass him in his ignorance so that he would cease bothering her. Now, she suspected that she might have been in error. She couldn’t allow him to leave with the last word. ‘Well, what did you like about it?’ She reverted back to the original theme. She hadn’t meant to challenge him again. She just couldn’t find any other route of conversation. She had little. As has already been said, and from what I remember of the data, when our three ships traveled across this solar system our wake was barely detectable by us. One approach that we think works the best is to have each ship cloak, and then take a path perpendicular to Sol's equatorial plane until just outside the heliosphere. From our rendezvous there, we would FTL at a fairly low LS multiple, say 3 or 4, on the first leg of our journey. We could still do the multiple stops as was proposed, but. I always received a thank you when she found it while putting the groceries away. Over time I managed to see a wistful half smile when it was discovered. If I thought she would have laughed out loud I would have bought a whole spray of roses for her."You know I'm a felon, don't you?" I decided that after six months in the house together, I would pry a little if I could. We were sitting in the living room at the time."Yes I know. Someone in town told me." That doesn't bother you? Some people.