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was opened up to travel he might be able to find out what had happened to her. When the
opportunity arose for this position he jumped at the chance. It was a hope of a chance at least.

Brandie; that was her name, had a jolly disposition, but also had a boyfriend. He was a tall
blonde furred Lemurr. Perhaps he was just too “old fashioned” but he couldn’t get the interspecies
thing. Then again he’d been “out of touch” for quite some time. She sat down on a bench beside
him.
“Voarn asked me something last night about you. He wanted to know why you hadn’t tried to make
a pass at me. I hope I was right in what I said. “He’s just not interested I guess; maybe he got
damaged being in stasis so long”. Voarn seemed to accept that and let the matter drop. What is the
problem; if there is one?” she asked. The Delevan were a pretty forthright people after all.
“It’s just the kind of society I came from really; compared to the openness of the societies around
now; I guess you’d call the people from my time prudish and introverted” he answered. She laughed
“When you put it that way; I suppose it’s true. And it’s not as if you haven’t tried. I hear the
whispers” she said and got up to go to her quarters to wash and change. Arthur wondered about the
statement she made about being damaged in stasis. He decided to check up on that. He looked at his
wrist chronometer and realised that his compatriots would be arriving soon and he made his way to
the Transporter pad bay in arrivals…

… On the Eloi Platform the Nimbob were preparing to leave when Shiv was called to the
Communications room and Umala was asked to follow also. Puzzled the two went to the far end of
the station. At the Communication Room door was a perplexed looking Untharan member of one of
the Unity vessels; The K’Vrun Elar, He was their second in command. He whispered something into
Shiv’s ear and she looked surprised. They all went in to be confronted with a frantic team who were
trying to cope with what appeared to be several data streams. The Eloi in charge a younger brother
of Shiv’s called Enror; flashed a telepathic summary to his older sister. She frowned and turned to
Umala and spoke gravely
“It would appear that the enemy vessels you mentioned have returned to plague the nearby
systems. We still have no clear contact with our government so are trying our best to get word out
to all the surrounding colonies. One of the ships is headed for an outpost of yours in the Hilb System.
We cannot seem to contact your warrior cast on normal channels. Is it possible for you to make
connection some other way?” she asked
“That outpost is usually unmanned; mainly droids in residence; it’s used as a storage depot. What
possible use could an enemy have for the place; since at this time it could well be empty?” she
answered adding “As I stated before; this enemy does some strange things”. Shiv relayed the
information to Enror who had found out that coms were clearing and he’d managed to use the Beam
to send a message to Hylon. He had received back a message of what the others on Hylon were
about to attempt. He relayed this telepathically to his sister. She looked horrified. She rapidly
explained what was going on at Hylon. Umala nodded and looked shocked; and issued commands to
the remaining crew on her flagship patrol the area in case of problems. She and her command staff
were going to remain to assist wherever they could. She also ordered a scout ship to their outpost at
Hilb to see what the enemy was up to. A message was sent to Hylon; to say they were ready to take
on injured, and they were rigging the platform as a Medical Facility. This did mean that they would
have to divest most of the current Kabrut crop; but this was an emergency situation. Reports started
flooding in from attacked colonies; the casualties were seriously injured and not as many as might
have been expected; the first ships started to come to the platform with injured from various
Quantum Slipstreams. The second ship to dock brought news that a faction of the enemy vessels has
departed in the direction of the Eloi home world. Shiv prayed that her Brother and Parents would
succeed in their efforts. It was imperative contact was established quickly…

… On Hylon in the Beam Station the message of the attacks made the teams more
determined to see that the “dry run” test was successful. They had done all that they could to