If the Thandol detected them on the way and reacted, he intended to take the risk and warn the others while they were in Jump status. At over five light-seconds from Wendal, seeing a startle reaction at the planet wouldn’t come instantly. Had the empire’s monitors detected...
The shuttle lifted from beside the Beagle, and picked up speed towards the abandoned dome, and the inhabited forest a few miles beyond that. Marlyn slowed as they approached the dome, and noted holes in the windows and part of the dirty and formerly transparent roof. Enough dirt had blown onto th...
“And thanks to your private deal with Tor Gatrol Telour, when you betrayed us to him in exchange for his not attacking Earth, we were forced into making our desperate attack on K1 before the Krall could launch a massive attack on Koban.”“That is a lie,” she answered hotly. “I did not tell the Kra...
“Maggi, why’d you call it four stalls? Is that some old timey outhouse reference of yours? Appropriate I suppose, since we’d be in the crapper if things went wrong.” “The name is Forestall, you lunk-headed semi-literate hick.” She jabbed back, without seeing his wink to Di...
Aldry Anderfem put her scanner rod back in its charging holder on the portable body scanner. This first pregnancy for a “full” Kobani couple was being followed and studied with intense interest. Carol looked at her pleased husband. “See? I told you I knew it was a boy.” He was elated if he was ha...