They received no replies until they entered the Solojo system, when their probe was met with a distress signal, a digitized loop rather than an actual message, live or recorded.The Condor’s scanner array, more sensitive even than the Balakiire’s, was the first to pick up the signal.“It’s coming from Frida,” Khorii said from the copilot’s seat. When the plague was in its early infectious stages, she had traveled to the moon’s colony to heal the surviving victims with a baptism in the community reservoir. She found that if she purified water containing submerged victims, she could heal them all at the same time.Uncle Joh opened the com, whistling for attention from the crews of the Mana and the Balakiire. “Listen up, people. We need to stop off on Frida Moon Colony. Rafik’s ship is signaling from there.”But when they tried to contact Frida for permission to land, they received no response.“That can’t be good,” Uncle Joh said. “Maybe we should rethink all of us trying to land.
