Cowan walked back into the infirmary where Captain Travers and a physician were completing the medical evaluations on the five volunteers Fitch had rounded up. “Amy, how long until you"re ready to begin?” Cowan asked. “We"re finishing up now, and we"ll move into the chamber from here,” she answered. “Good. Do you guys have any questions?” Cowan questioned, looking at the test subjects. They all glanced nervously at one another before one of them spoke up. “All we know is we were ordered to report here for some tests and that we"d be sleeping for five days.” “So you didn"t volunteer for this?” Cowan asked. “Sir, we were just ordered to report here at 0700,” another of the test subjects answered. “In the Army, that is volunteering,” Travers offered. Cowan understood, but he was none

