Explorer (2003)
““It’s braked,” Jase reported. “It’s braked, we’ve braked.”
“Excellent news.” It was. Thank God, he thought.
“Our courses are not head-on. Closest approach in three hours fourteen minutes. We signaled with all lights, then braked. They mirrored all actions.”
“Good. Very good.”
“Glad you approve,” Sabin said dryly.
“It was the right answer, captain,” Bren said, deliberately oblivious. Then: “Is the station armed, captain?”
Sabin gave him an odd look. “Yes. I would be, wouldn’t you?”
“We’re human.... We’re both human. I can say atevi would be, too. We don’t know what it expected. What would Reunion have done, back then, if something like this just showed up and came close?”
Small silence. “I frankly don’t know.”
“They could have fired?”
“I have no way to know.”
“They’re human. They could have fired.”
“Not ours to estimate, Mr. Cameron.”
Near white-out of thought. It was possible. “We have to be careful not to give that impression, captain.MoreLess
“Excellent news.” It was. Thank God, he thought.
“Our courses are not head-on. Closest approach in three hours fourteen minutes. We signaled with all lights, then braked. They mirrored all actions.”
“Good. Very good.”
“Glad you approve,” Sabin said dryly.
“It was the right answer, captain,” Bren said, deliberately oblivious. Then: “Is the station armed, captain?”
Sabin gave him an odd look. “Yes. I would be, wouldn’t you?”
“We’re human.... We’re both human. I can say atevi would be, too. We don’t know what it expected. What would Reunion have done, back then, if something like this just showed up and came close?”
Small silence. “I frankly don’t know.”
“They could have fired?”
“I have no way to know.”
“They’re human. They could have fired.”
“Not ours to estimate, Mr. Cameron.”
Near white-out of thought. It was possible. “We have to be careful not to give that impression, captain.MoreLess
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