As it turned out, I found the opposite.
The first time the numbers came back, I thought I’d measured something wrong or had contaminated my samples. So, I performed the test again, this time careful to avoid any cross contamination, and I ran the test on three simultaneous samples.
All three results were the same as the first test.
“Hunter!” I shouted, rushing from the assault craft as soon as I realized what my results indicated. “Hunter!”
“What?” he answered over the comms, annoyed that I was interrupting his victory dinner.
“Where are the miners?”
“Most of them are here with me.”
“Where are the others!” I shouted.
“Back in the tunnels. They wanted to keep digging.”
“Find Martina! Tell her to get them out of there!”
“What? Why?” Despite the questions, I could hear from his tone
