Chapter 48
Turns out, the Federation is, in fact, the worst sort of assholes. They hung around for about fifteen minutes; the ships circling us. They tried a few attempts to contact us, but we ignored each of those hails.
Pluto was right there, waiting for us. But we had to wait, floating there in space until the ships not only left us alone but flew back to Nix before we dared to even bring anything back online.
“I don't think we are out of it just yet. We still need to land, and I am assuming we are going to have to do so without clearance.”
“Should we call in help?” Dita says, looking to me.
“No, we need to do this part on our own,” I say. “We don't need help, we are more than capable of doing this on our own.”
Kathel catches my eye and gives me a small nod. His way of saying than
