Gated Entry

As fate would have it, one pair was faster and more agile that the other. The A-pair flipped from Six to Six and made half an orbit of the Seven before joining me on the journey. The B-pair was just beginning to move off of the Eights. Luckily, the distortion of the meshwork had liberated a number of Electrons, keeping the channel open.

With plenty of replacements to draw from, getting off of the Shorty was relatively easy. As the meshwork began to return to its normal state, the B-pair made a swingshot maneuver around the Seven and brought up the rear of the electron pulse. Scanning forward, I spotted a set of Elevens arranged in a circular pattern. This was the proton pool that was pulling us along.

I blast tapped a marker beacon for the pairs to align themselves too. The trick here was to follow down the middle of all the charges. Once charge begins to mass on the Elevens, they will clamp off and blast the pulse onward. If we work to miss the Elevens, we'll pass through and get a lead spot in the upcoming pulse. I learned the hard way the last time I came past, getting locked into orbit around the Eleven for far longer than was desirable.