864 cargo bays. That number mean anything to you?” There was a moment of silence before Neil replied, “It’s 600 base 12. And, come to think of it, the Others image that Bill retrieved had six feeding fingers on each side of its maw.” I grinned. “Coincidence? I think not.” “Nope. There’s another universal, I think. Your number base will depend on your number of digits. The Pav were base 10.”
