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“We’ll take care of the to her men They fanned out across the ship Sylvia moved to join them, but Womack stopped her

“Just a minute,” Womack said “I want to know more about this accident”

“Accident?” Sylvia replied “What are you talking about?”

“The distress call we received three hours ago said that there was an incident aboard the Naas explosion, and before it sank, it released a cheulfed the Empiric When we responded to the hail, we received no reply and came here at top speed”

“Distress call? That’s not possible” Sylvia pointed at the melted communications array and then realized that the supposed distress call must have been sent by the people on the trimaran

“Did that happen as a result of the explosion?” Womack asked

“No, it happened ere attacked”

“Attacked? By whom?”

“I don’t know It was a trimaran ship”

“In ay did they attack you?”

Sylvia couldn’t say that she thought it was a futuristic weapon like a plasma cannon Womack would think she was crazy

“I’m not sure,” Sylvia said At least that was the truth

“Why would someone attack you?”

“I don’t know”

“What were you doing out here?”