TAZ26

==Chapter 26 - The Absolute Zero==
LCS Beagle
Explorer Vessel
February 3159 CE
My science ship is a warship. At fifty four years old, Sharon knew it was too late now.  Especially with a war.  Too late to seek out new life, and new civilizations, too late to boldly go where nobody has ever gone.
Too late to cry over losing it, too.  
Sometimes, you just don't get to chase your dreams.
"Admiral, we've got a contact. Neutrino trace, one fifty thousand K spinward negative X axis twenty degrees, heading anti-spinward." sensor operated reported.
"How big?" she asked.
"Six fifty Kilotons, no IFF or transponders. Looks like she's trying to run dark, Mum."
They had enough debris from the...Manei Caspar?  Casper Domini?  The atrocity sent, that counters to the stealthing had seemed possible.  This was the first confirmation. she thought.
She tented her fingers thoughtfully for a moment.  "Tightbeam relay to LCS Nondi Steiner, intercept Formation Echo six.  If there's one rat, there's a whole mess of 'em. For the moment, I want to see what kind of vision he's got when he thinks he's being stealthy."
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