Part 2, The Crazy Eddie Point: Chapter 13, Look around You Summary

A female Motie of the Engineer class is exploring the asteroids for scarce metal resources and is the first to notice the arrival of the Empire ship and heads toward intercept.

MacArthur breaks into the new system after the jump and the initial data begins to pour in. Rod's crew finds the planet and communication is initiated.

Part 2, The Crazy Eddie Point: Chapter 13, Look around You Analysis

The reader is given brief, initial glimpses into alien sociology as the Engineer considers her tasks, the Navy ships, and how desperately she wants the metal they contain. Her thoughts seem to reveal a caste-like arrangement based on the function and specialization of different groups. Humans rarely like to accept the fact that technological advances frequently impact our society in...