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Legolas · 10-09-2007, 04:59 PM

What was he to make of that, he wondered. The transmission gaps Research'd left were by and large guessable even without software assistance.
Feds on a Seedy moon two or three days away at .2 Sm/s. The moon's practically self-destructing, anarchy reigns and they stick a message on a passing asteroid disintegrating faster than a 314. Whatever disaster took place must have happened a week or more ago.
But the fact they bothered with a message in the first place spoke of either desperation or the conviction that they might survive for months or more - less if they'd detected the Arioch and the asteroid's path was no coincidence. And if they had, then what had become of the other spaceship in the region? More, to what extent could he trust the message spoke truth?

There was a bigger question, however. What had possessed whomever he'd left in charge of the bridge to increase the alarm phase?

10-09-2007, 04:59 PM	#60
Legolas Jack Burton Join Date: March 31, 2001 Location: The zephyr lands beneath the brine. Age: 41 Posts: 5,459	Ricor Messman What was he to make of that, he wondered. The transmission gaps Research'd left were by and large guessable even without software assistance. Feds on a Seedy moon two or three days away at .2 Sm/s. The moon's practically self-destructing, anarchy reigns and they stick a message on a passing asteroid disintegrating faster than a 314. Whatever disaster took place must have happened a week or more ago. But the fact they bothered with a message in the first place spoke of either desperation or the conviction that they might survive for months or more - less if they'd detected the Arioch and the asteroid's path was no coincidence. And if they had, then what had become of the other spaceship in the region? More, to what extent could he trust the message spoke truth? There was a bigger question, however. What had possessed whomever he'd left in charge of the bridge to increase the alarm phase?