Tangle in the Dark - Kassidor

"Always that," he said, "but something possible that fitsthe facts as we know them." He didn't let anyone grab thefloor, but went on with, "We have a Brazilian spy hosted onCuritiba, and we have an explanation for the crew of how thePink Dawn could be paralleling us in spite of their daedelusdrive."He looked around the table. No one seemed to haveanything more. "Good, that's what we'll go with. Once again,no one uses the word 'Curitiba' outside this room."3:51pm Mon. Feb. 27, 2384"So what are you seeing?" he asked Heymon. It was rarethat he came down into the bowels of Heymon's duty sectionduring duty shift, but for the last three weeks he wanted to seewhat his de-facto science officer was doing about the bogie.Thus he was here watching it with him when a signal leveldropped away."Their reactor shut down or they shielded it," Heymonmuttered tersely."But you still have a comm signal?""Yes, they're still there but their fire's out, they're goingballistic I think, let me watch a little longer. This can tell uswhether they shut down or shielded." He brought up aprecision tracker."Did Curitiba have shields?" Kelvin asked.271