Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

with halo objects, they could have started on their way beforewe even left. The fact that they started arriving during the warcould be coincidence.""That’s too much coincidence for me to believe,” Kelvinsaid, “just like I don't believe that ship on our flank is thePink Dawn because it would be too much of a coincidence forus to be here at the same time.""A torch would be slowing at one half gee," Ava andHeymon said at about the same time."So that ship must be the Curitiba.""We are still receiving signals from Curitiba," Heymontold them, "and their doppler does not match the bogey.""Then who is it?" Kelvin asked them. He turned toGlayet. "What else is out here? Give me every ship the lawsof physics would allow to get here.""I uh...""I think I should get you that," Heymon said, "I've gotapps to do those calculations.""Glayet has the complete list." Pan Solar LeagueIntelligence had compiled a list of every starship launched,"Don't forget the unmanned ones.""Sir," Heymon said, "the ship on our flank is almostcertainly a bussard, any daedelus would have to be runningon ions to perform the way that ship is. There were only twounmanned bussards ever launched, Elvecta is still at Nemesisand Ailouk B was destroyed at Procyon.""Yes colonel," Kelvin said. "Just go thru the list, don't267