IV
The Ganymede's engines rose to full power and the pilot controls spun over without a hand on them.
"Engine room! Engine room! Stop that nonsense down there!"
"We can't—they're frozen—the converter has gone into full without us—"
"Sir, I can't budge this stick. It's locked somehow."
The lights went out. Men screamed.
"Get me a flashlight!" snapped Takahashi in the dark. "I'll take this damned panel apart myself."
The beam etched his features against night. "Who goes?" he cried.
"It's I." Jansky appeared in the dim reflected glow. "Never mind, Takahashi. Let the ship have her way."