CHAPTER 17'Here we go again,' were Cora's first thoughts when she awoke on her horizontal pilot's seat. She moved the seat to a sitting position and glanced at Parley standing beside her. Her original fears were tempered a little when she noticed that he was dressed in casual shorts and summer shirt rather than the military uniform. "Okay, what's the emergency this time?" "None really, I would have awoken you anyway. We are in orbit around Earth 2 after an uneventful journey here and it is protocol to awaken the captain first." Cora frowned. "And that bit about I would have awoken you anyway; so there was another reason?" "The contact ring on Omnia's finger and is trying to contact you or Kate. It has only a limited range and I only picked up the signal when we were in orbit above his p

