0400 hours
On harsh Irwadi , laughter would have been a cultural anomaly . `` You make joketh . Well , nevertheleth , you have no ship . '' He expanded his scaly green barrel chest and declaimed : `` At 0400 hours thith morning , the government of Irwadi hath planetarithed the Irwadi Tranthfer Thervith . '' * * * * * `` Planetarized the Transfer Service ! '' gasped Ramsey in surprise . He knew the Irwadians had been contemplating the move in theory for many years , but he also knew that transferring a starship from normal space through hyper-space back to normal space again was a tremendously difficult and technical task .