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Redshift Rendezvous by John E. Stith
Copyright┬й 1990

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WARNING: Read This Guide Before Boarding theRedshift.

The environment aboard a hyperspace craft is quite safe as long as you are careful.The management
reminds you thatthe speed of light on board this craft is ten meters per second. Or about 30 million
times slower than what you are used to.This means you will frequently encounter relativistic effects and
optical illusions.



NEVER TAMPER WITH YOUR LIFEBELT OR ATTEMPT TO UNFASTEN IT. THE FIELD IT
GENERATES ALLOWS YOUR NEURAL TRANSMISSIONS TO OPERATE AT NORMAL
SPEEDS AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO YOUR HEALTH.



1.Use only the ship's master clock displays.Do not rely on your personal timepiece; it will accurately
record your personal subjective time,but it will never agree with any other timepieces until you reset it
when you leave the ship.

2.Remember that everything you see and hear is at least slightly in the past,due to the time it takes sound
and light to travel.The closest things to you are the most current.

3.Trust what your hands tell you rather than believing your eyes.Bending light can make you think a
convex floor is concave.Colors may shift and shapes may distort.

4. Go slow. Limit your speed to a fast walk until you are familiar with the environment.Please heed the
traffic rules.By running fast,it is possible to exceed the speed of sound,which is only 6.7 meters per
second.

5.Never assume anything.

6.Have a nice trip.



"Phenomena Aboard theRedshift" gives further details,as well as the required liability disclaimer.



Chapter One

Prelude to Hyperspace
Either she wanted to be found,or I simply had a stroke of luck in coming upon her at just the right
moment.Since luck and I had never been on very good terms,I naturally assumed Jenni Sonders had
been waiting for someone to show up.