VANGRA 9 TT
"Ja'narie?" Esther asked turning in her chair to look at her.
Ja'narie was monitoring the two sensor screens at her station intently, using low power passive scans to sweep the area in front of them. They were stopped just inside the edge of the Cluster and looking out on the brownish red planet before them. She shook her head slowly. "I can detect nothing." She said softly.
"Could he have given up?" Normya's voice filled their cockpit.
Esther's laugh held no humor in it. "I sincerely doubt it." She spoke. "Targeting you is no small affair Normya Leonidas. And considering the way it happened, I would hazard a guess and say he had help among your own people. He did not just randomly appear by that section of the border. He knew you were coming."
"The Chief Engineer who supposedly fixed my ship?" Normya asked in disbelief.
"Or someone with similar access to your ship yes." Esther agreed.
