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Neither of them had bothered with the third-meal, and had eventually
fallen asleep from pure exhaustion.

Njangu felt himself stir, ran a finger down her sleek side, and caressed
her thighs. Without waking, she lifted her leg, half rolled onto her
back.

The loudspeaker blared: 'All hands... a// hands... report to your
Emergency Positions. '

Njangu was out of the bunk, grabbing for his clothes.

Maev blinked sleepily. 'What's going on?'

'Hell if I know. But we better get back with the others.'

She dressed hastily.


'All hands... all hands. Stand by to be boarded. Warning. Do not make
any attempt to resist. I say again, do not make any attempt to resist.'

'You got any idea what's going on?' Yoshitaro asked.

Garvin shook his head.

'We're still in stardrive, aren't we?'

'Yeh.'

'How could anybody... another ship... get this close to us?' Yoshitaro
wondered. Jaansma shook his head again.

'They could if they had a tracker waiting for us in N-space,' Kipchak
said grimly. 'Or if they had our plot.'

'What does that mean?' Njangu asked.

'It means it ain't gonna be good,' Kipchak said. 'Especially with that
bit about not resisting.'

The Malvern shuddered. 'Somebody comin' alongside,' Kipchak said. 'Not a
bad trick in N-space. Damned near impossible unless you've got somebody
on the bridge cooperating.'

'What's this about no resistance?' Jaansma said. 'Pirates?'

'Shee-yit,' Petr said. 'There ain't no such thing as pirates.'

'Then why'd they tell us not to resist? We... the Confederation isn't at