Fifty million kilometers from the target, Colonel Aleinikov lowered his adrenaline levels to stabilize tetha-sync.
He took pleasure in glimpsing the doubt on Dr. Ugolini"s face. "Doctor, don"t worry. There"s a saying from the old Earth: my friend, I"m taking your chestnuts out of the fire so you don"t risk getting burned!"
Ugolini frowned. "What are you trying to tell me?"
"Ha ha, in good time doctor, in good time. Now leave it to us military men."
He changed his grin to a stern expression. "Switch to EMCON3. I want you to scan every rock in the entire sector." His body tensed at the anti-inertial station in the center of the command room.
Lieutenant Loganach was disjointed from the fusion station, floating in the comfortable gravitational microfields, but he jolted. "Colonel there is
