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“They had drilled for this-an emergency beam-out triggered by an alien attack-but they'd never experienced it.
He'd been warned that anything could come through that transporter-and he'd seen what "anything" meant when Novakovich came through weeks ago, twigs and debris fused with his body.
But the transporter technology had other inaccuracies as well, and one of the reasons Reed drilled his team for just this moment was something he really didn't want to contemplate.
What if the beam caught the... aliens, but not the crewman? What if Edwards was still down there, suffering whatever it was that he'd been suffering when Archer ordered the beam-out?
There was no way to tell. Archer had ordered the shuttlepod to leave.
Reed held his phase pistol tightly, preparing to use it as the beam particles materialized on the pad. Lots of dark matter. Lots of unrecognizable body parts. Hairy black legs that had inverted joints. A black carapace and a human arm.
Reed froze, not wanting to see what was coming next.MoreLess
He'd been warned that anything could come through that transporter-and he'd seen what "anything" meant when Novakovich came through weeks ago, twigs and debris fused with his body.
But the transporter technology had other inaccuracies as well, and one of the reasons Reed drilled his team for just this moment was something he really didn't want to contemplate.
What if the beam caught the... aliens, but not the crewman? What if Edwards was still down there, suffering whatever it was that he'd been suffering when Archer ordered the beam-out?
There was no way to tell. Archer had ordered the shuttlepod to leave.
Reed held his phase pistol tightly, preparing to use it as the beam particles materialized on the pad. Lots of dark matter. Lots of unrecognizable body parts. Hairy black legs that had inverted joints. A black carapace and a human arm.
Reed froze, not wanting to see what was coming next.MoreLess
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