Emerald Flight: “Star Wing” (continued)

With some effort, she shrugged away the memory. She turned on the shower, waited only a moment for the water to grow warm, and stepped inside. The heated spray cleansed her body, but did little to ease her mind.

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Hawkes watched as the Captain left the bridge, than tapped into the sensor feed from the main Science station. It was not that he did not trust the young ensign who was monitoring it. He was, he had to admit to himself, intrigued.

There was a reason that this area of space had only been lightly explored: there had been, until now, nothing of astronomical or strategic interest here. It was not even marginally disputed territory, as no side in their current conflict had expressed even the smallest interest in it.

That, of course, could change now.

Although there were no other vessels in the immediate area, he held few doubts that were being monitored in some fashion. It was just as likely that their unexpected sensor contact had already been noted as well. There was an excellent probability that this previously neglected region of space was about to become of great interest.