Andee, a female Terran FTL pilot had just docked at Space Station Authority out near the galactic RIM. Terrans rarely saw Station Authority and Station Authority rarely saw Terrans here. So, it was awkward for Andee, the only human, to be among assorted alien pilots. But Andee was blessed with a "gift" that occurred in only about one in every billion of the human population. The "gift" was a latent psychic ability, which allowed the possessor to remain at least semi-aware of their surroundings even in Cryogenic suspension.
It took a rare being to enter cryogenic sleep and still have the necessary brain wave activity to control the massive faster than light (FTL) ships. Andee was nearly two thousand years old, but most of that time had been spent in cryogenic sleep. The years passed unnoticed while her sleeping form hurtled through the void. A single trip to the Rim took nearly sixty years and she was only ageing for a few months of that time.
Right now, she was having a drink with an alien taking a less gentle, and more demanding approach, to seduce her, like she had only dreamed of in the long dreams of Cryogenic suspension. Those dreams were so strange and more like memories than dreams. They carried a reality and immediacy that put normal dreams to shame. Andee declined the use of anti-psychotic drugs that was recommended for a FTL jump and Andee wasn't sure if this seduction was real or one of her psychotic dreams
