The wooden vessel plied the galaxy's spacelanes like a seaship of old...


If they couldn't hide from Lady 12, at least in the Manta, they knew they' be able to outrun her.





They were finally able to slip away from the great liner in the dense clouds of Akozir.



 



The Elbian Comet was known throughout the cluster as the center of art, music, and general cultural mayhem.

Not everyone welcomed the interstellar monasteries that plied the galactic pilgrimage routes but all profited from their visits.