Editing Absolution Gap (section)

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Queen Jasmina of the lighthugger ''Gnostic Ascension'' wakes Quaiche, a member of her crew, from Reefersleep. She is disappointed with him; despite his promises that he would improve the crew's fortunes, he has not done so. In fact, many of the systems he has explored were filled with extremely valuable artifacts which he failed to detect and were picked up by other ships. As such, she gives him one last chance.

Jasmina sends him to explore the star [[107 Piscium]] and its planets. His lover, Morwenna, is sent with him in the scrimshaw suit, a [[sensory deprivation]] device which paralyzes and blinds its wearer until they remove it. On one of the moons of a [[gas giant]] he names Haldora (which also seems to disappear every so often for a few fractions of a second), he discovers an alien bridge, whose automated defense system attacks him. He crashes and finds he does not have enough oxygen to survive until his shuttle returns from the other side of Haldora. However, Haldora vanishes and his radio signal reaches the shuttle, which races to save him at maximum acceleration, killing Morwenna.