“I suppose we must get to the business end of this wonderful dinner.”
“I hope you brought more coffee with you, Syn,” Mark said. “That sludge from the ship was barely drinkable.”
Bron and Zaron smiled as if they had a secret. The party adjourned to the library where Syn poured coffee and Bron and Zaron some Asta brandy.
Bron said, “Report…”
“I imagine that Zaron told you the worst of it.” Juraens poured himself a second cup of coffee. “This is damned good.”
It was a good thing Syn had set up an urn.
“Bane and Septis were the traitors on board. Septis got away in a Zyptz ship. They went out via the officer’s hanger next to engineering. Jonal and I told the Elders that this was a weakness in ship design prior to the mission. We reinforced the hanger, removed the shuttles, and put a dou
