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rare. However, they do occur and this is unfortunate because this was what happened in the case of the scientists on this mining planet. This was such an incidence. Are there systems on boardthe ship thatyou especially take careof? For the most part the navigation and thrusting equipment, the crystal and its support systems, are myjob. This is mostly justone system? It doesn't runthroughoutthe ship? There are several systems. Several different systems which accom- plish these multiple tasks. But they are pretty much located in one part of the ship. Could you look at some of thesesystems and describe theiffunctions? The one in the center, the crystal, it has a two-fold purpose- guidance and thrust. In other words, this crystal can sense direc- tion and position, and also generates thrust. There are support systems which allow this to be accomplished. But the crystal itself does the actual functioning. I'm tying to visualize the way these things operate, and try to understand as bestI can. Are there wires connected to the crystal? ara ' oo . . m eoad wed convey the power and information, so to say. D: Doyouuse theprincipleofelectricityin the ship? P: Not as itis known here on Earth. There i is the use of energy, but a +o. 64 it is not the equivalent of electricity. : What aboutilluminationon the ship? These are done through crystals also, or types of crystals, which give off light when stimulated by certain energies. These are not separate, individual crystals. There are many pieces of... (he had difficulty explaining). The closest equivalent would be the phos- phor ina fluorescent tube. But this phosphor's equivalent is not in avacuum. It is on the ceiling and in the ceiling itself. The energy is directed through the ceilings to cause these crystals to give off their light. So, effectively, the whole ceiling becomes a light. Upon awakening, he said the light on the ship could be under- stood as looking like powdered glass sprayed on the walls or ceiling. The crystals were that small-many tiny pieces-and when the energy went through them it caused them to glow. know it? 20 The Keepers of the Garden P: No, there's no direct connection. There are energy fields which D: Would there be anything in the ship equivalent to a computer as we 1 ua