Tella returned from the cockpit to join Jim at the scanners. As they moved into the moon’s shadow, the craft rocked slightly.
“What was that?” asked Jim.
“I have no idea,” said Tella, a puzzled expression settling as deeply as it could on the round face.
The craft rocked again. An alarm sounded in the cockpit. They leapt to their feet and rushed through the narrow doorway.
“The blast shields have tripped!” called Tella over the noise of the alarm.
“Did we hit something?” asked Jim.
“Unknown.”
“I’ll set up the wide sweep.”
Jim threw himself back into the navigation suite and set the scanners for a spherical sweep of their immediate vicinity.
“Nothing large showing nearby!” he shouted to Tella. “We have enlarging areas of hot micro-debris off the port wing—six hundred feet and three hundred fifty feet.”
Tella swung the craft round to point at the area. He stood, half in the doorway, watching Jim work.
“What’s this?” Jim pointed to a streak growing from the edge of the scanning area.
“Incoming weapons fire?”
They looked at each other in surprise. The craft rocked violently as the missile exploded.
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