Space Warp
The Space Warp is – or was – a Confederation Cosmos Cruiser in the Confederation Astro Patrol. Planet Terry's roots are inextricably linked to the Space Warp, her crew, and her technology; the ship could provide the boy some answers... so it's a shame the Space Warp is long lost.
Fiction
Enoch Diggs spent 38 years in the Confederation Astro Patrol, A Clue at least some of which were on the Space Warp. Some Answers
Once, when the ship was many mega miles from home, the captain and his wife, the supply officer, were expecting their first child. The Space Warp had an infirmary, but no nursery, so chief engineer/mess boy Diggs was tasked with finding a suitably sterile environment for the baby. Diggs' solution was the life ship, which was sealed in glass only to be broken in an emergency.
When the baby was born, the captain was summoned to the life ship. His caffeine-fuelled overstimulation mixed with his elation at the birth of his son, and he accidentally struck the life ship's emergency glass, causing it to automatically evacuate the ship, taking Terry with it. Diggs and the other crew members frowned at the captain, but his only response was "oops!". The infant Terry was assumed lost forever.
Years later, when a relatively grown up Terry encountered Diggs, the former engineer told him the story of his birth and separation. As Diggs' memory of Terry's parents was hazy, he encouraged the boy to find the Space Warp's former radioman, Squink, at the Milk Toast Malt Shop on Asteroid 43KX, in the hopes he could provide a few more answers. Some Answers
Crew
- The captain
- The supply officer
- Chief engineer/mess boy Enoch Diggs
- Ship's doctor
- Dark-haired man
- Radioman Squink
Notes
- The Law of Conservation of Detail would have it that the dark-haired man is the younger form of Squink, but nothing in the story explicitly connects the two.
