"Parallels, Part II"
"We're just about ready to launch, Captain." Engelina said as she handed over a PADD to Captain Chain. This universe was foreign to her, but she knew she wouldn't be here long.
Chain hoped to make the situation easier for her. "Well, let's begin. I'm sure catching this guy won't be so hard."
"Since your vessel goes faster than any I've seen in my universe or any other, I'm sure as well."
He nodded. "How do we distinguish universes when we travel to this other one?"
"The quantum signature of every universe is included in the sensor extrapolations. It will be quite impossible to get lost." Engelina replied. Her people were great with quantum theory. Possibly the greatest in any universe.
Chain squinted. "But... how many universes are there?"
"Quite many," she freely stated. "Way too many that they go beyond our quantum spectrum. It would take a while to map out each one. Quite like the time it would take to map out the galaxy... and in each universe there are just as many galaxies as there are here."
This was a little unsettling to Chain as he shifted in his Captain's chair. The Bridge was busy with crew getting the drive online. "We could warp to a galaxy with unstable elements."
"My people have travelled to a total of 56 universes and in each one we have jumped into the same galaxy. In each of those dimensions, we have never encountered anything too dangerous we couldn't handle."
Chain perked. "Why the same galaxy every time?"
"We think it's due to the galactic pull from the galaxy's core."
