Laure descends in his sled to the surface of an orbiting airless body while Jaccavrie hovers directly above;
Laure takes analytical readings and mineral samples and observes the larger bodies from a distance;
they repeat this procedure for different stellar types;
because of the radiation levels, he finds no life;
next, he plans to measure element distribution on the surface of a planet with an atmosphere even though the air will impede visual contact and the charged ionosphere will prevent radio contact;
spectra, spots, flares, prominences and coronas indicate surface turbulence on the stars in the Cloud Universe;
however, infalling matter continually changing their already unusual compositions makes their cores also violently variable;
a nova-like outburst from the sun "...might be akin to the Wolf-Rayet phenomenon..." (Flandry's Legacy, p. 781);
either the increased irradiation triggers a cyclone or the conductive dust transfers energy into a vortex or something else happens;
the sudden wind wrecks Laure's sled.
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