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Saturday, January 16, Central Time Zone, GMT

McGuire's Pub, Saskatoon

' . . . anyway,' Jack concluded, 'that's why the ship doesn't have any engines. It doesn't need them. They just towed it towards this sort of "Gate" thing and let momentum do the rest. But, like I say, it was a one-shot effort that had never been tried before. They weren't even sure it would actually work. And even though it did, evidently they guessed wrong . . . but still, considering all the variables, it's a miracle they actually managed to pull it off at all.'