At top speeds, Trans-Galactic flight regressed a human body, so for quick T-G jumps to the outer limits of the Earth Protection League borders, they had to use old people to start.

Variants

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  1. “The Gift of a Dream” by Dean Wesley Smith, in Past Imperfect, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Larry Segriff (DAW Books, October 2001).
  2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by Dean Wesley Smith