"Only a little, sir-the natives apparently took exception to them pulling a dump of their central library system. "We've just received word from the sentry ships, sir: the scouts have returned from their scan raid on the Obroa-skai system." Pellaeon held his eyes a few seconds longer, then lowered his head in a slight nod. Routine information is not-repeat, not-simply shouted in the general direction of its intended recipient. "This is the bridge of an Imperial Star Destroyer. "This is not a cattle market in Shaum Hii, Lieutenant Tschel," he said at last, keeping his voice calm but icy cold. Pellaeon let the silence hang in the air for a handful of heartbeats, long enough for those nearest to notice. "Uh, sir-" He looked into Pellaeon's eyes and his voice faded away. The young duty officer's brisk walk faltered came to an abrupt halt. Then, with all the regal weight that fifty years spent in the Imperial Fleet gave to a man, he straightened up and turned. Keeping his eyes on the engineering display, Pellaeon waited until he could hear the sound of the approaching footsteps.
"Captain Pellaeon?" the voice repeated, closer this time. "Yes, sir," the other said carefully, and keyed for the trace. The engineer threw a questioning glance up at him. "Trace this line for me," he ordered, tapping a light pen at the schematic on the display. Pellaeon, leaning over the shoulder of the man at the Chimaera's bridge engineering monitor, ignored the shout. "Message from the sentry line: the scoutships have just come out of lightspeed." Urn:oclc:654943238 Scandate 20100511232922 Scanner ."Captain Pellaeon?" a voice called down the portside crew pit through the hum of background conversation. OL83589W Page-progression lr Pages 396 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0345528298 Urn:oclc:record:1035609928 Extramarc University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (PZ) Foldoutcount 0 Identifier heirtoempire00zahn Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t4dn4tg4t Isbn 0553073273 Lccn 91004550 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 8.0 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:28:53 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA117716 Boxid_2 CH101801 Camera Canon 5D City New York Containerid_2 X0001 DonorĪlibris Edition 1st.
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