LianneA knock at the door pulled her from her thoughts. On the monitor was a geographical, satellite map of Gliese. When she was in the Defense Fleet, she rarely had the luxury to learn about other planets, so she figured she would catch up during her down time. She looked away from the monitor.
“Come in,” she said, rubbing her eyes wearily.
Kona, her Lieutenant, stepped inside. The light at the tip of the appendage on his head glimmered with a faint glow and his eyes bulged with distress. He pulled on his bottom lip nervously, revealing the rows of pointed teeth inside his mouth.
“I'm sorry to disturb you, but I think we may have a problem,” he blurted.
She sat up straight and furrowed her brow. “What is it?”
He stopped pulling at his lip. “It's the Order's maintenance workers.” He h
