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Saturday, October 18, 2014

The great moon Buyukay...


The great moon Buyukay isn't round, it is longer than it is wide, and when it orbits Voryon it changes how it rotates. There are times when it is flipping end over end, there are other times when it spins along its center axis, much like someone tossing an American football.

Fescha had worked this part of Centra's journey with much deliberation. If Centra got to the right place before Buyukay passed into the Voryon atmosphere, Centra might be able to jump onto it, and then use its orbit to carry Centra to her final destination, either Seeanka or Kalroth.

Centra was watching for Buyukay. She wouldn't be able to see it until the last moment, and she was going to have to time her jump from the moon she was on, Trega, because Buyukay was going to come from behind Trega, where Centra couldn't see.

Fescha had explained this to Centra, when Seeanka is located here, and Kalroth here, and you feel Trega start to drop (because of Buyukay's gravity), then Centra will have to blindly make the jump between the two moons.

Fescha had thought about this for some time. There wasn't any way to rehearse this, Centra was going to have to feel it in her gut that Trega was somehow changing because of Buyukay's influence, and then make the running jump to break free of Trega, and then fall to Buyukay. Buyukay will then continue on, and move out past both Seeanka and Kalroth so Centra can then make another jump that will allow her to fall back toward Voryon, and on the way Seeanka and Kalroth will cross her path.

This will be the hard part as Fescha had no way to predict if Centra's fall will allow her to catch Seeanka and Kalroth, and that was because everything depended on how Buyukay entered the Voryon atmosphere. If Buyukay were flipping end over end, its orbit was different and the timing Centra needed may not occur. Fescha wanted Centra on Buyukay when the timing was right.

Centra started to wonder if the strange feeling that suddenly began was what Fescha was referring to. She had no way of knowing as no one had ever done this before.

Streckna was still flying about trying to catch sight of Centra.

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