Void Ripper by Collins, David

as any, a portal to another dimension. Most of these are vacuum, so if she was not in a hard suit, she would get sucked in, explode, freeze dry, and then pop out dead when the portal collapsed. The problem is, she needs to be in a vacuum rated room, or she could vent most of the ship in a matter of seconds.” “That sounds like a horrible way to die, but why would that cause wars?” “If they are in a hard suit, and if they are in a vacuum rated room, and they master their strand, they can create remote portals and pull things into the other portal. Imagine having the ability to pull the presidents compound into a realm of vacuum, or fire from a distance. Not having to see the compound to do it, like a Psychic or an Empathic caster, they can do this from huge distances.” “How far? Like 10 kilometers?” “The last recorded one had a range of 5 light-seconds. An assassin that cant be seen, or stoped and can kill you from further away than the moon.” “I can see why they would fear something that. Some of the Zodiac races probably have a kill on sight rule, hell, some may just kill on suspicion.” “ This very ship, 3,501 years ago had a Void Ripper as part of it’s crew. The crew was killed during a battle with the derelict we are about to try and salvage. The AI on the Felinog ship will wakes up remembering being in a life and death battle with this ship. We don't want to have an inexperienced Void Ripper testing out her powers in front of the other ship. ” “What do we do?” “For now, I