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“Rossetti's back is perfectly straight. Coop's face seems to be made of stone.
“It's been five thousand years,” DeVries starts.
“God,” Coop says in a withering tone.
But DeVries doesn't stop. “Couldn't someone be storing the ships here?”
“I don't like how all of these ships are gathering,” Roderick says to me.
I nod. I don't like it either.
“I think we should get out of here,” he says.
“We will when we're done gathering data,” Coop says.
“Maybe someone collected these ships like we're doing at Lost Souls,” DeVries says, as if the other conversation isn't happening.
“Then you want to explain how the field around these ships is one of ours?” Yash asks.
“It is?” DeVries says.
“It is,” Yash says. “We've used fields like that in space for countless things.”
“Damaged ship storage?” DeVries asks.
“Sometimes,” Yash says, “but not that big. This isn't the entire Fleet, not even close, but it's the largest damn ship graveyard I've seen. To make this work, there would have to be some kind of stat...ion in the middle of it.”MoreLess
“It's been five thousand years,” DeVries starts.
“God,” Coop says in a withering tone.
But DeVries doesn't stop. “Couldn't someone be storing the ships here?”
“I don't like how all of these ships are gathering,” Roderick says to me.
I nod. I don't like it either.
“I think we should get out of here,” he says.
“We will when we're done gathering data,” Coop says.
“Maybe someone collected these ships like we're doing at Lost Souls,” DeVries says, as if the other conversation isn't happening.
“Then you want to explain how the field around these ships is one of ours?” Yash asks.
“It is?” DeVries says.
“It is,” Yash says. “We've used fields like that in space for countless things.”
“Damaged ship storage?” DeVries asks.
“Sometimes,” Yash says, “but not that big. This isn't the entire Fleet, not even close, but it's the largest damn ship graveyard I've seen. To make this work, there would have to be some kind of stat...ion in the middle of it.”MoreLess
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