“There's one thing I have to know,” Laera asked as she walked about the freshly battle-scarred Challenger along with Captain Tykus Findell and Colonel Salesh Bhatia. “How in all the burning suns of this galaxy did you even know we were out here?” “The kicker was a tipoff from the Terriks,” Colonel Bhatia added, his hands held behind his back in an air of mild interest as he spoke with a rolling accent. “It was Booster who forwarded your destination and hinted that you might get into trouble. As for how we knew where your friends would be...” Bhatia chuckled modestly. “I don't see why not.” — — —