>> It is early morning, just after sunrise, at this longitude, the air >> outside is warm and balmy, there are only a few puffy white clouds >> in the distance, and the water is so warm it is almost body temperature. >> >> The /Blue Rain/ has a flexible hose 30 cm (about a foot) across. One >> end can be connected to the ship's fuel take inlet valve and the >> other dropped into any convenient body of water. The end that drops >> into the water has a powered pump/filter on it to draw the water in >> while filtering out debris. Kelly and April will need to haul the >> hose out into the gentle surf beyond the line where the water >> recedes on each wave and anchor it there. There is a deployable >> spiked anchor at that end of the hose to hold it into place. One of >> them can haul the hose out there, but two makes the job easier. >> After the hose is deployed, the inlet valve at the ship's skin needs >> to be opened and the ship's internal pumps activated. It will take >> about 1.5 hours to fully load the /Rain's/ fuel tanks. That will >> give the ship enough fuel to make a jump 2. The water can be >> processed into "refined" fuel in another 1.5 hours, or long before >> the ship has time to lift off and get to the jump point. > > Kelly does so, (I assume) with April's assistance. When the line is > anchored, he turns to April and hugs her. When he gets a good grip, he > dunks > them both in the warm water. April plays along and gives a little resistance to his playful antics. She laughs and squeals a bit as they both splash into the water. As they come back up she splashes him and laughs. "Ha! Take that!"


