Alien vs. Predator Page #7

HIROKO:

What've you got?

KAMEN nods to her and receives a quick smile for his trouble. They turn to

watch the display clear, replaced with a computer simulation of the

neighboring solar system.

CASSIE:

A pair of incomings. They popped-up on

the medium-range about thirteen twenty-

four local time.

PARSONS:

We figured on it being a magnetic anomaly,

but we ran a back-trace just to make sure.

CASSIE:

Yeah. Turns out they dropped straight

out of hyperspace.

The simulation ZOOMS IN, revealing two unidentified objects heading towards

the planet in the center of the display. Computer notations accompany them.

CASSIE (CONT'D)

Curious thing is, the mass detector says

they're too small to carry a deep-space

drive.

HIROKO:

Sounds like a couple of escape shuttles.

PARSONS:

That's what we thought.

HIROKO:

Have you got an updated Lloyds' Almanac

to cross-reff them through?

PARSONS:

Done it already. Nothing matches.

CASSIE:

And if you thought that was interesting,

watch this...

HIROKO watches the course of the two objects simultaneously change.

KAMEN:

Jesus.

PARSONS:

Yeah, exactly. Those're _pre-programmed_

course adjustments you're looking at.

KAMEN:

Tactical nukes, maybe?

Everybody gives him a quick look, but nobody says anything. It's obviously

not an appealing thought.

HIROKO:

Where're they headed?

CASSIE:

We ran a trajectory simulation. If they

carry on along that path, it's possible

they'll make intra-orbital insertion.

There's a great exhalation of breath, and everyone swaps significant glances.

HIROKO seems worried. She scratches her forehead.

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