Chapter 19
Jade sat at the control panel, pushing the microphone down over his mouth.
On the centre screen, the buggy-eyed camera on the outside of the Comfort rotated slowly, angling its view away from the Forward.
Jade watched its progress with sharp eyes. Any moment now, any moment. . . Come on, you bug-eye, look the other way. The Forward slid slowly from the screen.
He tapped the microphone. "Standing by. Four... three... two... one..." The last bit of the Forward disappeared from the viewer's screen. ". . . zero! Go mates. You have five minutes." He hit the command. A tiny shudder went through the ship as both cargo locks and the main dock opened. Another screen showed a white figure hurtling through space, a rope and leads attached to his suit.
Jade hit a few more commands and
