Ferryman

Brown, Eric. "Ferryman." In New Worlds vol. 64.

Resurrection and becoming "effectively immortal" with the aid of "alien nanomeks," very small mechanisms (55); the formerly dead humans are "beamed" from Terran stations to alien ships in geosynchronous orbits and transported to an alien planet in ships in "trans-c mode," i.e., faster than light (56). (RDE, 17/05/01)