Mao Dun asked curiously, "You call this science fiction? Where are the multiverses? Higher-dimensional spaces? Space battleships? Superweapons? Aliens? Conspiracy theories? Why is there none of that?"
The captain grinned. "Kid, what do you know about science fiction? Having a scientific basis doesn't mean that any random battle in space counts as science fiction. Science isn't defined so narrowly. It encompasses history, sociology, the humanities, politics, economics, education, ethics, biology, chemistry, military studies, psychology, brain science, electronics and mechanical engineering, mechanics, architecture, geology, marine flora and fauna, and much more. I'm just trying to tell a story based on reasonable speculation grounded in established science. And it seems she told me the outline of this story. She wants to use my body to finish the job. The second half of this book will touch on space science fiction, but I've already built the framework and just haven't had time to flesh it out. Don't narrowly define all of science fiction as popular physics."
