Chapter 10

A few hours later Price reappeared in the CIC. He didn't give a hint to anyone that Deamus came to his cabin, and thought it best to keep it between them for a little while. Looking up on the DRADIS screen he could see a few ships duking it out in the distance, far away from his AO. To the front of the ship all dradis could see was a big mess of stuff floating about. They wouldn't be able to see in there, no way no how. If they'd even stand a chance of looking inside that asteroid field they'd need to send in an armed recon. He didn't like sending men in unknown territory, not knowing what is in there. He had no choice. He picked up the horn from the command table and keyed the right channel.

"Flight-Ops, Command. I need an armed recon section to scout out the asteroid field up ahead. Further instructions follow"

His order was acknowledged before he put down the horn. He looked up again at the DRADIS console. Nothing but random static and intermittent contacts ahead.

Lieutenant 'Dus