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GSS Hunter
Fifty thousand kilometers from the Brimstone system
4146.12.5 Galactic
Nick scanned the sensor readings on the screen of the Kid’s station from where he stood looking over the Kid’s seat back. He grunted. “Yeah, I see what you mean, Kid. They have a lot of ships at the border on this heading.”
He stood straight and thought for several seconds before speaking. He realized he really should have drunk more water after he exited the hyper-sleep pod, but his guts were twisted by rising tension, so nothing he ate or drank was likely to stay down. A knot of urgency had settled between his shoulder blades, the pain a reminder of how important this was.
“We could set a new heading and make an elliptical approach to intersect with Brimstone Five’s orbit,” Nick suggested.
“That wi
