"It is pretty convoluted," said one of her aides, a young male Arkie with an American accent. He was one of the MIV engineers. His tone suggested that he was amused by the sheer cheekiness of the powers that be in trying to get people to believe such a yarn, and that he was much too clever to be taken in. "It kind of hinges on the idea that the hull was made out of what amounts to plastic. If it gets too hot, it—"