“Assuming it holds together long enough to survive the translation.”
“It has to. Without it, we have no chance of getting back to the planet.”
They didn"t have to wait long. The unmanned vessel had been instructed to materialise on the opposite side of the ecliptic disc from Selene and Ondo, two hundred million kilometres farther away from the star. The first indications they picked up was the sight of a number of closer Concordance vessels reacting, breaking orbit from the planet and accelerating onto vectors that matched the Aether Dragon"s assigned incursion point.
“It made it,” said Selene.
“Yes. The ship"s last act.”
“Have you ever used multiple vessels before? Do Concordance know you have them?”
“I don"t believe they do. They"ll assume they"ve picked up the arrival of the
