Season Two ... Chapter Twenty-Five: Star Witness
Tonight we continue with Book Two of the Twin Paradox trilogy: Part Five, Celebrities and Pariahs. Our focus will once again be on the trial of Captain Steinhart Stehter. His failure to execute a linkup with Nautilus during Santa Maria's journey back to Earth has led to yet another official inquiry by Space Programme. It's not a show trial; even if the media is making it out to be one. To be sure, many admirals sitting in judgment of Captain Stehter wouldn't bat an eye at occasional 'mischief' going on among the crew of a ship spending multiple years in space - in this case multiple decades. No one had ever done such a thing. No one had ever traveled so far, leaving our solar system to go conquer and colonize an alien planet.
True, there has been scintillating testimony provided by witnesses about the goings-on onboard Santa Maria during its journey to and from Kapteyn B. Only now, the prosecution is about to bring in the heavy artillery: the biggest a-hole they can put on the witness stand, and they've saved him for last.