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this crew I shall abort mission and return to Missions control: do you have questions?’
       “Yes, what is the life expectancy of the crew on this mission?”
      “I do not have the relevant information to answer that question.”
       After a short pause to determine that there were no further questions the computer resumed.
       “We shall leave the space station in twenty one hours and eighteen minutes: we shall achieve and maintain a speed of 25 per cent speed of light to attain internal gravitational stability and we shall reach our rendezvous point in 28 days Earth time.
    Before entering the wormhole all crew members shall conform to pre-hibernation procedure under the direction of the on board Medical Officer before placing themselves into their respective Biohibernation units: our passage through the wormhole shall take approximately 28 days Earth time but which shall be related as 60 years wormhole time, during which we shall achieve and maintain a velocity of 70 per cent speed of light.
    When we are clear of the wormhole it is my responsibility to restore everyone from Biohibernation for them to commence their duties: once we are through the wormhole there is no time-set for this stage of the mission; that is for you, as mission Commander, to determine once we are there: upon return, the journey to the space station shall take 28 days from exiting the wormhole.
    The re are provisions to sustain 6 people for a period of 5 years Earth time.
    There is a nano-replication unit on board which is accessible to Leading Physics Officer Duarte, Leading Physics Officer Kamul and Leading Medical officer Coles.
    Logistical information ends: do you have questions?’
       Rachmel leaned back in her seat whilst forming the question in her mind.
       “Yes, as Commander of this mission I need to know why it is necessary for us to have an Internal Administrator on board, notwithstanding her expertise in Biohibernation or her ability as a Pilot.”
       There was the briefest of pauses before the computer replied “I do not have the relevant information to answer that question.”
       Rachmel countered immediately. “Why did you find it necessary to pause before you answered?”
       “I was researching all relevant files, internal and external including Central Mainframe System on Earth.”
       Rachmel was uneasy, for these latest MAC systems were instantaneous and usually had the information to hand before the question had been finished; she was worried that someone may have tampered with Macs’ program.
       “Display priority access codes” she ordered.
       “Rachmel, master control code 1.
    Duarte , systems control code 2/ code 1 regulated.
    Hidson, systems control code 3/ code 2 regulated.
    Miles, engineering control code 3/ code 2 regulated.
    Coles, medical control code 3.
    Kamul, laboratory systems control code 3.
    Andretta, life support systems code 3.”
       The codes were as they should be. Regulated, meant that should anything happen to her as Commander then Duarte, as 2 I.C, would automatically be allotted master control code 1 thus making her Commander and Hidson being the main pilot would assume position of 2 I.C, sharing the responsibility with Miles who would also move up to systems control code 2. She had suspected that Andretta may have gained access to monitor all levels, but code 3 would allow her access only to that specified area. But still, she was not satisfied.
       “Are there proviso instructions for any crew member to be allowed access outwith their allotted codes and regulated codes or with access to configuration change of the MAC system?”
       “Commander Rachmel, master control code 1: Directive of pilot’s discretion to abort mission.”
       The pilot’s directive maintained that whoever was appointed as chief pilot at the time could use his or her discretion to abort the mission; this seen as a precaution should there occur any kind of breakdown in the