Maynard laughed cheerfully. "As long as you get my thought, I don't care how you say it. The barrier-screen absorbs all radiation. Therefore any position holding a sub-ship would produce zero radiation. It would then show on the negative sphere. Right?"
"I think that's about it," said Carrington.
"Good. We agree on that. Want to work on it?"
"Absolutely."
"It's yours, then. Go ahead and make it tick."
"That I'll do, sir. We'll have it by the time we hit Pluto."
"One more thing, Carrington. Keep it under your hat. It's a military secret, you know."
"I'll say nothing."
"Check. I'll be down and see you later."
Carrington left, and as he went back to his quarters, he told several of his contemporaries that the new commander was everything that they had ever heard of him.