11
Shattered
Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald
As Jam hurtled the Jeep down the road, Ping asked Ciara to repeat what she’d just said.
Ciara sounded on the verge of hysteria. “It’s Dash. And it’s the whole Chiron. Someone released a new plague on board. They’re locked down, but some kind of terrorists were already inside. Now the comm is down. Amanda is writing messages on the windows of the bridge to communicate with the outside world, but she doesn’t know much at this point either.”
Ping reacted fastest. “Can you drop a Global Express ship here in the middle of the desert? Like you did in Iran and Baotong?”
Ciara spoke in frustration. “The Black Titan is back at the BrainTrust. If we send it, it won’t have enough fuel to make it back there.”
