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THE CREW worked frantically to re-establish power to the command room. First the light came back on in the cabin and then the viewscreens flickered back into life.
The scene out there was surreal. Ceren was just big enough to form a little half circle. Asto was a brighter and much larger half-disk. Both were side-lit by Beniz and Yaza, which, from our position, were much further apart than they were when seen from Barresh.
Against the backdrop of ink-dark sky glittered thousands and thousands of bright specks, which moved in the same direction we were moving. The closer ships resolved into distinct shapes. They were, as far as I could see, mostly Asto military, the square and clunky vessels that few people ever saw and that mostly hung around in the dark depths of space.
The crew al
