"As far as we can tell, the man in the brig does not exist." Captain Rexis spread her arms and shook her head. "He's a nobody in every sense of the word."
A wave of disappointment rolled through Scott. As he stood there stiffly in Rexis' office and took in the verdict, his spirit fell like an anchor tossed overboard from a seagoing vessel, heading straight for the bottom.
"We've run searches based on what you've told us about him." Rexis swung her arms in and plopped them on the desk in front of her. She looked more angry than disappointed. "And we've come up empty."
Scott scowled. He hadn't given them much to work with, but he'd hoped something would turn up.
"Based on your description, we came up with a computer-generated image of the pilot." She picked up an 8" by 10" printe
