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She turned on her computer andwas overwhelmed when she saw the vast amount of information her teamhad to sift through in a short period of time. âWhere should Istart?â
He looked at her with eyes thatshone with a light from deep within. âUse your uncanny sixth senseto figure out what to focus on.â
âMy sixth sense?â
âYeah, your nudges, hunches,your ability to see what the rest of us canât.â
âOh.â That wasnât whatsheâd expected him to say. Jake wasnât that comfortable with herprecognitions, flashes of insight and didnât have any interest inreligion. He didnât know her nudges came from a Higher Source andyet somehow it was as if Spirit had spoken through him. Her mind wasa great tool, but she needed to tune into the higher part of herself.She closed her eyes and focused within. She wondered what theuniverse was trying to tell her as she listened inwardly.
Toemeka heard a high-pitchedSound that sounded like radio waves and felt herself raised inconsciousness. Then an idea came to her with startling clarity. Sheneeded to find a weakness in the starships to exploit. She typed inthe battle starship schematics and studied their shield system andweapons for some vulnerability. The room faded away as she immersedherself in the information.
She was impressed with how wellthe ships were made. The battle airship designers knew what they weredoing and she doubted sheâd find a design flaw, and yet somethingwas always overlooked.
Lunch was delivered by an androidwho put several space food wafers and a drink on her desk. Foodscientists hadnât come up with a pill to substitute for food. Apill simply couldnât contain enough calories to sustain human life.She didnât especially like the wafers, but they contained all thenutrients she and her growing baby needed.
At dinner time a mess-hall mealwas brought in. This time the twelve-member team sat in a circle todiscuss their findings and share ideas as they ate.
They continued to work after themeeting; everyone knew time was of the essence. Though the work wasdemanding, she enjoyed challenging her mind, doing something to helpwith the war effort and save Borko. She still felt on edge workingwith Jake, but fortunately he was all business and professionalenough to put saving Borko ahead of his personal feelings.
After a few more hours Jake slidback into his chair and said, âTime to quit for the night.â
âI can keep working,â Toemekasaid, absorbed in the schematics on the computer screen.
âItâs better if you get agood nightâs sleep and have a clear head tomorrow. We start early.â
âThe team hasnât come acrossanything useful yet,â she said, feeling discouraged.
âItâs only the first day.Weâll find something.â
âI imagine numbers and chartswill be running through my head all night.â
âMaybe things will cometogether while you sleep.â
âThank you for helping find away to save Borko, Jake. It canât be easy when your familyâs inJelmur. Iâm sure youâd rather be trying to figure out how to saveAlandra.â
A deep sadness entered his eyes.âAlandra has already surrendered. We did everything we could tosave it. Now we have to save Borko or risk the free world losing thebalance of power and maybe losing the whole interplanetary war.â
The next morning Toemeka wokeearly and skipped breakfast. She had a vague feeling sheâd missedsomething and wanted to get right to work. She slipped into herworkstation and touched the keyboard. The computer monitor lit up andshe began scrolling through the starship schematics until she got toinformation on the jump system. The day before sheâd read that whena starship first arrived at its destination, there was a brief periodof time where they had to calibrate their position before switchingto regular flight.
That was not unusual. All shipsdid that, but it occurred to her that ships were vulnerable duringthis short period of time. While the ship calibrated its position, itmight be possible to feed its computers false data that would send itoff on a new jump, to some distant place in the galaxy.
But to catch them coming out of ajump, she needed to know when and where the air fleet was going toattack Borko. She switched the computer to the files the Coalitionhad intercepted that contained Raptor communications. The computercondensed and sorted the information by categories. A fewcommunications were put under âUnclassified.â In that folder twophrases made her spine tingle:
Whenday is night, we will take back what was ours.
Weâllmeet in the shadow of the dark side of the Delga moon.
Jake set a roll covered withfetna nuts and a steaming cup of tea on her desk. The combined aromaof the two treats filled her nostrils and reminded her that shehadnât eaten.
âWhere did you find a freshroll?â She picked it up and took a bite. Her mouth filled with thewarm, rich taste. She wondered if he was trying to apologize for whatheâd said about her marriage.
âThe ship has a little cafethat makes rolls every morning. I didnât see you in the mess halland figured youâd probably skipped breakfast.â
âYou know me too well. Itâsgood, really good. Thank you.â
âYouâre welcome. So what didyou figure out?â
âWhat makes you think Iâvefigured something out?â
âI recognize the look. You glowwhen youâre excited.â
âIâm not sure I have anythingyet, but maybe. When is day night?â
âWell . . . when youâre on aplanet, the sky becomes dark when thereâs a storm or an eclipse.â
âAn eclipse! Thatâs it!â
His forehead wrinkled. âThatâswhat? Is this some type of quiz?â
âThe computer came up with twophrases that it didnât know how to classify. âWhenday is nightâis one of them.â
She typed into the search engine:Whenwill Jaiparâs moon Delga have its next eclipse? As the computer brought up the information she explained, âThewhole phrase is: âWhenday is night, we will take back what was ours.âI think âoursârefers to Jaipar that was controlled by General Bhandar up until afew months ago.â
Toemeka pointed to the computermonitor. âLook! Jaipar is going to have an eclipse in eight days.That must be when theyâre planning to attack.â
Her stomach knotted. âThatdoesnât give us much time.â
âWhat was the other phrase thatstood out?â
ââWeâllmeet in the shadow of the dark side of the Delga moon.âIt sounds almost like poetry, but
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