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ISKCON WARP WORLD NINE

Jack Bentels banged the door on his aging husbunder's carriage door and climbed up into the pilot's seat to make the last hop to his waiting cargo ship.

he had been loading on earth for a run to Betelguese Five and the only money (monkey (hah, hah!)) that he had was about 250 Solar Credits.

He'd used up everything else to buy a few cases of the BBT, 'Teachings of Lord Caitanya'.

his rat, Milikan, ran around the control panel, seemingly satisfied with the buss link, and with a yellow light they we off to the jump point, and with a green light they blasted off earth, and ploughed into a flight path for the 'Bulley Begone', his freighter.

it was not much of a freighter, but it basically ran well and had structural integrity. his concern was yoga and for that he needed some anonymity, solitude and a little steady income.

buy cheap, sell high.

he didn't have much business savey, but that motto and a few others kept him upright and making a small profit margin.

he could repair the 'begone' but had no need to save for a new vessel, because he figured he'd be dead about the same time she was ready for recycling.

and he strictly followed the American Motto, 'In God we trust, all others pay cash'.

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cargo-hold secure.

milikin in place, and jack smashed the hyper-drive button and off they went.

there was the initiation g-force acceleration to five parsecs per fortnight. then the shuddering bump to the Steady Level and they were in motion.

he undid he harness, set miliken free and headed for a little breakfast. it had been about 18-hours since he had had a full meal and he was hungry.

rye and barley soup with acorn squash.

chopped up celery and almonds.

hare krsna.

hare krsna.

offering everything to his Ista devata, lord Narayana, and milikan stopped spinning abound the deck to stand up for the offering while the bells rang.. 'nama om visnu padaya, krsna presthaya...'.

besides milikan, who was the immediate guidance and life support technician, there was Randolf the bull who looked after the main thrusters.

they were cruising at about warp 2 and it would be at least six days before they got to the Betelguese system.

jack had promised a promotional flyer to go with 'the teachings of lord caitanya' so he got into that even while he was taking his breakfast.