Idea note to self



I stared at the GalNet message print out, the Kilonian behind the desk had given me. The centipedian native to the Andromeda galaxy waited patiently till I finished reading, then he said."You arecertain you want to take this assigment? The trip alone will take you almost four years. There is no direct GalNet connection."

"Yes Sir, I had plenty of time to make up my mind and familiarize myself with the conditions and challenges that await me.It will be a one way trip. I intend to settle there. Besides, I am sure the eggheads of the Science Corps will figure out how these gates work and then we have GalNet sooner or later."

The Kilonian clicked his scary mantibles."Well here is your travel voucher and a copy of the BoCA contract. I see you are also getting a Linda Schwartz foundation colonist business credit of 120,000 credits."

"They can say what they want, I really think SII is the Good Company ."

"We at BoCA think so too,it is amazing how unbureaucratic and fast the LSF helps millions of colonists and business starters every week."

"Every week?"

"Indeed, Mr. Ortiz and while it is a long trip, never the less have a good one."

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My first leg of travel was quite unspectacular and aboard a Space Train to Coreward Hub. I boared the tubular compartement of a space train at Pluribus Hub. Most of my belongings and luggage was already on the way to

End Point via Union post. If there would be a Space train connection all the way to my final destination, I could be there in 10 days. Space Trains travelled at up to nine million times the speed of light,utilizing what sicence called a Blacklight tunnel. In this Schwarz Licht tunnel light speed limitations did not exist.

However space trains needed a sender and receiving station and needed so called booster stations for longer distances of 1 million Lightyears or more.

How it exactly worked was of course a tight guarded secret of Space Trains Corp. Due to the expensive