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Updated: May 16, 2025
"There's something peculiar here. If they'd wanted us dead, they could've opened fire as soon as we out-transitioned. Since they didn't, let's see if we can find out just what they do want." "Yes, sir," Willis said. "Hold your fire, Lieutenant, but be ready." "Aye, Captain." Dawes was poised, tense, his fingers hovering almost in contact with his firing studs.
When the Hermnaen out-transitioned, it was a cautious hundred and fifty thousand kilometers from Terra, and Tarlac was satisfied that he'd briefed the three who would accompany him to the Palace as well as he could without actually telling them what to do. He was in the control central again, at the communications console. Activating the screen, he tuned to the Imperial guard channel.
Honesty compelled him to admit to himself that he was less optimistic than he tried to appear. "It won't be suicide, you know," he said, speaking now to the entire bridge crew. "As I said earlier, if they just wanted me dead, they'd have vaporized the Lindner as soon as we out-transitioned." He hesitated, remembering something. "Oh, yeah. Mister Olorun, how much did we miss their phony beacon by?"
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