Chapter Forty-Two
May 20, 2230, Solar System, Cargo Bay of the Argo
Jia stared at the small metal bracelet in Lanara’s palm. “That’s it?”
Erik and Jia had come to the cargo bay to look at the key to exploring the prize, as the other ship called it. He wasn’t sure if he was more surprised that they were worrying about potential insanity fields or that Lanara and Emma had come up with a countermeasure so quickly.
There were definite advantages to having the cranky engineer and the AI on his team.
Lanara nodded, a triumphant smirk on her face. “Emma did the bulk of the analysis work and Raphael helped from the jumpship, some physics bullshit.” She shrugged breezily. “I had a lot of parts lying around here, and we borrowed some from the other ship with the help of cargo drones.” She tosse
