Maria smiled as the Farsight, robbed of its momentum, decelerated to a more sane velocity and continued on its way past the asteroid belt. As no one would be looking for the thing to arrive in weeks rather than hours, the Navy would stand down. When the vessel did finally arrive and settle into a standard geosynch orbit over Nova Cincinattus, there would be consternation but not terror. The rebuilt Orbital Guard platform at L-5 would send over a team to investigate, find nothing out of the ordinary, and berth the ship under tight guard at the navy base in Cincinattus.

She shifted focus.

Blue shifted crazily, a small interceptor appeared at the edge of the Ghost Star system, driving sunward at nearly fifty percent cee. Over the next few days they would decelerate as hard as possible, arrive at Mercury, and wonder just what the hell was going on.

She smiled, and gazed past the Ghost Star, at the spreading nebula that was once Eta Carinae...

-Mercurial

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Published on: 2004-06-16

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