Chapter 96
Galactic Standard Date: 152,324.02 AE
Zulu Sector: Jehoshaphat
General Abaddon
ABADDON
"Sir? We're being hailed."
General Abaddon flared his hawk-grey wings like a raptor which had just spotted a mouse. For several weeks now they had traversed the fringe of Zulu Sector, searching for radio signals which might indicated where Brigadier-General Raphael had gone to, along with his hundred missing ships. Could this be them?
Abaddon leaned forward in his commander's chair.
"Who is it?"
Lieutenant-Captain Shzzzkt listened intently into his headphones. His dual green antennae tilted forward with surprise.
"She said her name is Derketo,” Shzzzkt said, “matriarch of the Sabawaelnu pod. They live upon the merchant vessel, Mi'kmaq. She claims she has information which may lead yo
