“Wow!” Maika said admiringly. “Gorbovsky rocks!”
Komov stopped and gave us a grave look.
“Please proceed to carrying out my directives. Jacob, please find me a copy of our investigation report.”
He and Vanderhuse started poring over the report, Maika went to put the glider into the hangar, and I sat by the radio and began to encode our discussion. However, in less than two minutes, the decoder started cracking again. Komov pushed Vanderhuse out of his way and ran over to the radio. Leaning over my shoulder, he greedily read the lines being printed out.
Urgent, null-comm. From: Center / Commission for Contacts / Bader. To: ER-2 / Captain Vanderhuse. Urgently confirm finding the remains of two, I repeat, two bodies aboard the ship and the state of the ship’s log described in your
