Chapter 35
As they cautiously skirted around another wrecked ship in case its weapons were still active, Jess frowned at what the Wanderer’s sensors were telling him. It made no sense.
“That’s odd,” he muttered. “We can reach jump space.”
“Why is that odd?” Ali asked.
Jess was thrown for a moment. He hadn’t realised he’d spoken out loud.
“Um… look at the screen. We’re nowhere near the edge of the conflict. Why were they fighting outside of the tar pit’s range?”
“Maybe they weren’t,” Dash said. “The tar pit is on a ship, probably a damn big one. The defending forces will be desperate to keep that ship safe. They probably had to start falling back before the assault, which would move the tar pit’s area.”
“Or it’s been destroyed,” Ali said.
“Yes, that would do it,” Dash said.
