CHAPTER 13Viewed from the cruiser that Tara and Jade were flying in, Galaxy Observer 5076 looked no different in real life than the hologram on Yolk 3's fight deck. The comparison with a large brown egg just floating in space still seemed appropriate. More important though was the immense size of the space station for it would be a kilometre long by 400 metres high. As they flew around it, Yolk 3 came into view with its navigation lights and twittering portholes that was a complete contrast to the lifeless windows around the station below them. "Any contact?" Tara said to Vic who appeared on a dashboard monitor. "No internal visuals, Tara," Vic reported. "Our monitors show that life support is available and is identical to our own, right down to the air humidity, a temperature of 20°C a

