15 Commander Fritase almost fell out of his gyro chair when a Yandan transport appeared out of nowhere and streaked out of sight. He regained his composure and looked at the visualizer screen. To his surprise, the ship caricature depicted on the visualizer was the E647, the Yandan transport piloted by Officer Morg. The Commander shut off the recognition system alarm and put in an emergency communication to Yanda. An annoyed Lead Trifect answered his private comm number. “Commander Fritase, why are you contacting me?” “Sir, I’m sorry to bother you, but Officer Morg’s ship just appeared out of nowhere and is on a course for Earth. Do you want me to pursue or intercept?” The Commander tried to contain his excitement. The appearance of the E647 was a genuine stroke of luck. Rather than sit

