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Episode 0586 - The reckoning: Captain, Malcolm-H-Pilot, Jarry, Kirin, Leila, Tetra, Vanna, Zola, ~ 08 {S182 Upper Deck – In Earth’s Orbit ~ 8} ``Jarry: All clear for Hyperdrive. ``Kirin: Negative, all stop. ``Captain: Kirin? ``Kirin: There is something out there, Captain! ``Captain: Warming mode. ``Jarry: Something is reflecting on SCANDA, but it is not moving and I do not know what it is. ``Captain: How far away? ``Jarry: Distance 13Km. ``Kirin: It looks like it is a plane which has flamed out. ``Captain: Keep us at least 10 Km away from it Jarry, and analyse. ``Jarry: Zaa, sir. --- It does appear to be a fighter jet, but it is a long way off course. ``Kirin: That is probably why it flamed out as it got too cold. ``Captain: So what do we do? [Intercom left on] Tetra to the bridge, quin. ``Tetra: Zaa Captain, and options? ``Captain: They will die within a couple of hours if we leave them there, or do we try and get them back into their atmosphere? ``Tetra: What is their chances of them being rescued? ``Kirin: None, because they are too far off course, although it will not take them that long to locate where their plane is. ``Tetra: Full confab on lower deck, Captain. ``Captain: Agreed. [Lower Deck] ``Vanna: If we help them, we will be putting ourselves in danger. ``Zola: You mean that they would be stranded in space, and left to die, never to be found again, which may make other planes come looking for them. ``Leila: Even if we could help, we do not have much time left to do anything. ``H-Pilot: I think we ought to have a try and do something. ``Captain: Suggestions on how? [Chit-chat] ``Kirin: We could try and use ourselves as a magnet, and drag the plane backwards, so they cannot see us. ``Jarry: Although they cannot be rescued, it would be easier for them to locate where their plane is and a stealth bomber could try and get to it. ``H-Pilot: That would be better, then they would not think anything suspicious had happened. ``Captain: Once an investigation starts they could pick up a trace of our propellant, which would create more mysteries. ``Tetra: Do we have the robotic arm on board? ``Captain: Zaa. ``Tetra: Extend the arm with a noose and hook it around the tail of their plane and pull it backwards as far as we can go, before they can detect us. Then drop the noose off on a catch release, and get out fast. ``H-Pilot: You would need a space walk to do that. ``Captain: Space walk, Kirin. ``Kirin: Zaa Captain. ``Vanna: What a fabulous idea. ``H-Pilot: At least it will clear any conscience, we might have that we have tried. Cont. (SCANDA = Radar) < Previous Page 585 Ursa <14.2.7> Dryer [00 = 517 <570> 02 = 117] Next Page 587> |
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