Chapter 12
Dylan was in his quarters trying to catch up on the sleep he lost from Harper when the Andromeda's hologram appeared. He sat up.
"What is it?" he asked. The lack of sleep made him grumpy.
"Someone has just contacted the ship, captain. It appears to be coming from a slipfighter similar to the one we encountered before,"
Dylan jumped up and as good as threw on some clothes. "Don't let them get away. I want to talk to them, but tell them that we don't want to hurt them, that we just want to talk," he said as he got into his clothes. The holo-andromeda said "Sending message," and disappeared. Dylan hurried out of his quarters toward command. He was halfway there when he saw Hannah going down the hall towards him. He briefly thought about how much better she was looking and what a queer look she had on her face, when his thoughts were distracted again when he thought of the slipfighter. He spared her a nod as he hurried past and into the last leg to the command deck.
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When he got there the screen was back to its normal message of the commonwealth symbol.
"Andromeda," he called. The ship's picture appeared on the screen. "Yes captain?"
"Is the slipfighter still within contacting distance?" The hologram nodded.
"Good. Then send this message to them,
"I am Captain Dylan Hunt of the starship Andromeda. We don't wish to harm you, only to know your name and intentions. I repeat, we wish you no harm. Please reply as soon as possible. Hunt out."
He turned away from the screen and sighed. All he could do now was wait and hope they didn't run away again. He had only added that ASAP at the end of the message because he was eager to get this mystery solved and over with. Also, he hoped that they knew about the slipfighter they were looking for. He hoped so, because so far out in space it was unlikely that two separate slipfighters would come to the same area within the same day out of pure coincidence.
As he exited command he told Andromeda to tell him when and if a message came through, and to send it straight to his quarters. He sighed and realized that he might not get to catch up on his sleep after all if he was to stay presentable for the message. As he walked down the corridor he encountered Beka.
"Dylan! Just the person I wanted to see!" she greeted him.
"What?" he snapped. He was even more grumpy now and hoped that she didn't want to see him about anything to do with work.
"I just saw Hannah heading towards the machine shop with a funny look on her face just now. Thought you might want to know, and also I wanted to ask you if you wanted to play a game of cards or something," she said, puzzled at his expression.
Suddenly a thought occurred to him, "Um, I'm going to have to take a rain check on that one, Beka, I just thought of something I have to do right now," he said and he turned quickly around and marched back into command.
Beka shook her head. 'I will never know what goes on in the mind of our captain,' she thought and headed off to the machine shop to find Harper. Maybe he would want to do something, and she knew that the machine shop would be where to find him.
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Dylan was in his quarters trying to catch up on the sleep he lost from Harper when the Andromeda's hologram appeared. He sat up.
"What is it?" he asked. The lack of sleep made him grumpy.
"Someone has just contacted the ship, captain. It appears to be coming from a slipfighter similar to the one we encountered before,"
Dylan jumped up and as good as threw on some clothes. "Don't let them get away. I want to talk to them, but tell them that we don't want to hurt them, that we just want to talk," he said as he got into his clothes. The holo-andromeda said "Sending message," and disappeared. Dylan hurried out of his quarters toward command. He was halfway there when he saw Hannah going down the hall towards him. He briefly thought about how much better she was looking and what a queer look she had on her face, when his thoughts were distracted again when he thought of the slipfighter. He spared her a nod as he hurried past and into the last leg to the command deck.
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When he got there the screen was back to its normal message of the commonwealth symbol.
"Andromeda," he called. The ship's picture appeared on the screen. "Yes captain?"
"Is the slipfighter still within contacting distance?" The hologram nodded.
"Good. Then send this message to them,
"I am Captain Dylan Hunt of the starship Andromeda. We don't wish to harm you, only to know your name and intentions. I repeat, we wish you no harm. Please reply as soon as possible. Hunt out."
He turned away from the screen and sighed. All he could do now was wait and hope they didn't run away again. He had only added that ASAP at the end of the message because he was eager to get this mystery solved and over with. Also, he hoped that they knew about the slipfighter they were looking for. He hoped so, because so far out in space it was unlikely that two separate slipfighters would come to the same area within the same day out of pure coincidence.
As he exited command he told Andromeda to tell him when and if a message came through, and to send it straight to his quarters. He sighed and realized that he might not get to catch up on his sleep after all if he was to stay presentable for the message. As he walked down the corridor he encountered Beka.
"Dylan! Just the person I wanted to see!" she greeted him.
"What?" he snapped. He was even more grumpy now and hoped that she didn't want to see him about anything to do with work.
"I just saw Hannah heading towards the machine shop with a funny look on her face just now. Thought you might want to know, and also I wanted to ask you if you wanted to play a game of cards or something," she said, puzzled at his expression.
Suddenly a thought occurred to him, "Um, I'm going to have to take a rain check on that one, Beka, I just thought of something I have to do right now," he said and he turned quickly around and marched back into command.
Beka shook her head. 'I will never know what goes on in the mind of our captain,' she thought and headed off to the machine shop to find Harper. Maybe he would want to do something, and she knew that the machine shop would be where to find him.
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