Tell-el-Mukayyar – The plansMore than an hour had now gone by since Petri had climbed aboard shuttle six to analyse the data sent by the Elders and still nothing had been heard of him.
"I think he’s gone to sleep," commented Jack with a smile.
"Impossible," replied Azakis. "He never sleeps."
The Captain had barely finished the sentence when the imposing figure of the alien appeared on the threshold of the laboratory tent. "You were speaking ill of me, weren’t you?"
"As always my friend. I do nothing else all day” answered Azakis.
“Well. While you’ve been sat here gossiping, I went through all that pile of rubbish that our dear little ‘old men’ sent us."
"You don’t seem very satisfied," commented Azakis.
"Zaneki’s and Kelara’s project might perhaps even be feasible but, with the equi
