Chapter 15
“Status report!” Alpha 364 walked onto the bridge. His planning session was interrupted by the report of a ship closing with their position.
“Sir, we have a small scout ship on an intercept course with us. It’s IFF shows it to be from Imperial Fleet twelve. Communications has picked up a private message addressed to the captain of the ship. It is in one of the early Program codes.”
“That would be our contact then. Good. Have it brought aboard and placed under guard. Under no circumstances are the occupants to be allowed out of the hangar bay.” Alpha stared at the ship’s plot. Imperial Fleet? These sapes have high expectations of grandeur. We shall have to disabuse them of that idea.
The tractor beams on Colossus grabbed the scout ship as soon as it was in range. The bridge c
