Nano Slalom

It was the shift in the scan feedback that told me how much extra speed I had gained, and now I had to work a bit harder to make sure that I stayed on course. There was little doubt that I was crossing the center-line between the two Twelves. There was an interesting twinge in the scanning stream to mark the event.

Approaching the next Twelve in the absence of an inbound partner meant that I had to swing out wider, brushing the outer orbits, to compensate for the extra charge in the nucleus. Wrapping around this Twelve has put me in sight of one more, and only one more. As I crossed the center line yet again, preparing to wrap around on the opposite side of the final Twelve, I spotted another inbound Electron that was part of the trigger pulse. It was leaving from where I was going to land. I set a ping on that key point.

Lining up the target, the inbound and the Twelve, I picked my path and set out for it. With just the right angle of approach, I approached the Twelve, picking up a bit of speed along the way. At the moment that I sensed half-pull from the incoming Electron, I spun-up for a hyper tap, just for the extra stability. This was a target that required careful aim.