“We should reach target in two minutes, ten seconds,” Commander announced.
“How’s our fuel?”
The man glanced back down at his instruments. “We’re sitting at sixty-one percent.”
“Any idea how much we’ll burn to push this thing far enough out of range?” Disaster asked.
Commander gave a little shake of his head. “Hopefully not too much. We only need to guide the comet a minimum of two point six degrees on our vertical axis of x to y. If we can accomplish that, the comet will pass by the planet at a distance of two hundred fourteen thousand miles.” He tossed the two behind him a small smile. “It’ll nick the atmosphere, but hopefully nothing should come of it.”
“Great stars, I hope not,” Seeker breathed.
Their eyes were drawn to the viewscreen, and the glowing orb that appeared to d
