Only a seasoned navigator familiar with the intricacies and nuances of starship travel and the path of cosmic bodies could distinguish a ship from an asteroid on deep scan. Can t make it out yet, sir. Maddox leaned forward and rubbed his chin in his hand. We re pretty far out from Orion for commercial traffic. Santini checked the path of the object against the star charts.
Contact is well out of the heavier traveled passages.
Weapons officer Deimos advanced his opinion. Corporal, plot an intercept course. Let s see if she s got something to hide or just horribly off course. Santini made the necessary computations and the great engines of the Interdictor roared to life to propel the ship on its new heading. But don t wake up any more people than you have to.