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Zander let out a string of curses in their native tongue. Three planet rotations and they would've taken the Finn by surprise.
Or maybe they wouldn't have. What if they had a mole and that's why the Finn struck this planet rotation?
He stood at the helm of the pod, where Seke and the rest of his advisors had gathered to both brief and counsel him.
"The pod is completely secure and flight worthy, my lord," Lium reported. "Just give the order and we can leave Ocretion airspace and put it in hiding."
He nodded. "And the attacker?"
"Dead. Single battleship, as far as we can tell. There was no sign of any other craft. The Ocretions supplied us with their recorded data, and it appears to have entered the airspace alone and without authorization," Erick said. "The Ocretions are, of course
