A Terran Trader on ToolondoChapter 3
The next morning, I was mentally exhausted from the previous day’s negotiations, but not as tired as I would have expected. Between that, my more youthful appearance, and my ravenous appetite lately, I had a suspicion. I docked with the old aircraft carrier and the androids ran cabling between the two ships so that I could control the powerful engines and shields of the big ship. I named the new ship (to me) the Phaunos, after the Greek God of the forests. With as much timber as I planned to...