Arlene and JeffChapter 342
Deep Space The scout's AI had kept the small ship well within the margins of the asteroid field, dodging through the rocks with judicious use of energy that the ship's shrouding shields should be able to hide from the aliens. The rock having ricocheted off another nearby rock had been a surprise even to the AI, and the resulting change in direction at such close range had put it on a collision course, giving the AI no alternative other than to accelerate out of the way. Now, as it...