... moment the Captain said nothing. Distantly, you could hear the hum of the subspace drive-unit and the faint whining of the stasis gener-ator. Then the Captain bolted out of bed after unstrapping ... headagainst his chest and struck out with his own fists, feeling nothing, notknowing when they landed and when they did not, hearing nothing buta far off roaring in his ears, a roaring which ... belly, he inched his way along the outside hull of the Glory of the Galaxy. He had no idea what the heat was out here, but it radiated off the hot hull of the Glory in scalding, suffocating waves...