Sphere-O-Scan

Tapping back to life, the conversation with the team resumed by painting a picture of our position. Using the Seven as a canvas, I took up an orbit in the outer cloud and the team held fast to their Sixes and Ones for a decent view. Doing an decent job was difficult, especially since all I had was my feeble memory from which to play back an aging recollection. Regardless, they seemed to get the message and decided that action was better than drifting.

We ramped up slow, and caught traction in the normal soup during elaborate chatter and discussion. How these Electrons were able to spin, tap and swingshot at the same time was as amazing as it was annoying. It only took what seemed like forever for them to ask how we were doing on our little trip and gave me a chance to scan.

All of that tapping gave me an interesting idea while flying around the Seven. While scanning, I began talk-tapping as I detected things. Now, the position of my taps in the orbit reflected the direct observation normal to the tangent plane. This created a most accurate three-dimensional map. With just a little memory and a delay of the taps, it became possible to bring a good picture of the other side of the Seven to the side that was easily viewed from the canopy.