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Blackest Ocean (Backyard Starship #8) QUOTES

Blackest Ocean (Backyard Starship #8) QUOTES

1 " twisting doesn’t involve a trajectory between two points in space because ships don’t actually travel the intervening distance. Rather, it involves geometry. And there is an optimum twist geometry that relates any two points, that includes things like the gravitational effects of intervening masses such as stars, as well as the effects of time, "

― J.N. Chaney , Blackest Ocean (Backyard Starship #8)

2 " It would be called determinism, I guess. That everything that’s going to happen is predetermined.” “Randomness is inherent in the fabric of space-time. Quantum effects cannot be predicted. That alone renders such an idea invalid. That your species would even struggle with this is… truly fascinating. "

― J.N. Chaney , Blackest Ocean (Backyard Starship #8)

3 " Soul. Yes. Whatever it is called, it was not deceived by my belief in the rightness of what I was doing, even if I’d managed to deceive myself. "

― J.N. Chaney , Blackest Ocean (Backyard Starship #8)

4 " which is illegal under Interstellar Commerce Protocol Five. "

― J.N. Chaney , Blackest Ocean (Backyard Starship #8)

5 " And your mother was a scumbag criminal kingpin, but we don’t judge you based on that.” Icky blinked. “Point taken. I’ll shut up now. "

― J.N. Chaney , Blackest Ocean (Backyard Starship #8)

6 " released a thunderous belch that filled the air with the subtle fragrance of a car air freshener designed by someone with clogged sinuses. "

― J.N. Chaney , Blackest Ocean (Backyard Starship #8)

7 " Frisky? You consider that frisky? I’d hate to see what you consider unusually violent,” Torina said. "

― J.N. Chaney , Blackest Ocean (Backyard Starship #8)