3 ANSS Mythos Oslun III system 4144.6.10 Galactic Nick studied the gray-brown eyes of the captain of the navy ship seated across the lengthy ebony boardroom table from him. His shoulder-length, chestnut-brown curly hair framed a stubble-covered wide face. He wore the uniform of an Alliance Navy officer, but Nick knew he wasn’t a navy officer because he didn’t reek of navy like every other navy officer Nick had ever encountered. Upon being led into the meeting room from the nearby materializer room by two armed guards, he’d seen the vessel registration plaque affixed to the wall opposite the viewing windows that lined the length of the room. On the plaque was the name of the ship, ANSS Mythos, the registration number, and what Nick had suspected when he first saw the vessel: the launch

