19 Jenna intently studied what the sensors told her about the incoming ship. It was small, hardly larger than a shuttle. It would fit within one of the Defender’s hangars without too much of a squeeze. It had no shields and no weapons she could detect. The engine was pushing it along at a good speed, though not so fast as the Defender could manage. And there were three people aboard. It was broadcasting a strong but simple signal which didn’t match any comm signals Jenna or the Defender knew about, and which seemed to be too simple to carry any data. Other than that it wasn’t broadcasting any comm signals that Jenna could detect, and it was still coming almost straight for the Defender. Almost. On a hunch Jenna set the Defender to move to the right, further out of the path of the

