CHAPTER 16Tara watched as the views of the incoming hexapod spaceships flooded the screens before her. They had left behind several remote probes so she could see what was happening outside the wormhole. First to arrive were a squadron of attack ships that appeared to be making reconnaissance orbits around the wormhole without coming too close. "They don't want to get sucked in," Vic muttered. Tara nodded but didn't reply. "Two missiles are away," Dole 2 reported as two silver objects disappeared back through the centre of the wormhole. Moments later there was an enormous explosion near the attack ships before the views out there went off line. "Fifteen enemy attack ships have been destroyed," Dole 2 reported. Bexa glanced across at Tara. "Those were powerful explosions. What sort of

