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тАЬWell, thatтАЩs good to know. Because you see, I was worried about that. I seem to remember
you having gone on record as saying that, what was it?тАЭ He tapped his finger a few times on
the slate in front of him, summoning up the quotation he was looking for. тАЬAh, here it is. You
said, and I quote, тАШColony domes can still work. Using Envoy to search for habitable planets is a
mistake.тАЩ End quote. That sounds to me like you were opposed to the Envoy Project.тАЭ

Jack took a deep breath. тАЬNo sir, not at all.тАЭ

тАЬBut in your own wordsтАФтАЭ

тАЬI was against limiting our search to worlds that had no need of terraforming. I felt it was
slow and inefficient.тАЭ

тАЬIтАЩll thank you not to interrupt me, Major.

тАЬYou were against the Envoy, but somehow you convinced us all to let you on board. We
knew you were dangerous after you nearly got the president killed on Mars, and still we gave
you a second chance.

тАЬAnd now, youтАЩd have us believe that you just happened to fail again , even more
spectacularly, and you just happened to be one of the few survivors despite being at the heart of
the conflict and you just happened to make it home while the man you despised and the project
you opposed are both dead?тАЭ

It took all of JackтАЩs self control not to leap over the podium and kill Thomas Gosnell. It
would be so easy, so satisfying, to snap the manтАЩs corpulent neck. But instead he centered
himself and looked to the president.

Staten was focused on his slate. Jack didnтАЩt know what he could possibly be reading, but
the president seemed oblivious to the proceedings.

тАЬMajor Killian? Is that what we are to believe?тАЭ Gosnell asked.

тАЬNo, sir,тАЭ Jack said. тАЬI stand by my report.тАЭ

тАЬYour report,тАЭ Gosnell repeated. тАЬYou mean this fiction about aliens and starships? Please,
Major. DonтАЩt insult us by making us discuss this further.тАЭ

тАЬItтАЩs not fiction, sir.тАЭ

Gosnell sneered, making his face even less pleasing. тАЬThen why did Captain Chenzokov
never communicate any of this to us? Why is this the first weтАЩve heard of it? DoesnтАЩt it stand to
reason that a man about to make first contact with an alien race would have called home for
advice?тАЭ

Jack wondered if Gosnell had ever met Chenzokov. тАЬIt would, sir. But IтАЩm not surprised
Chenzokov never did. He had a flair for the dramatic, and IтАЩm sure he wanted to wait until he
could claim the glory for himself.тАЭ

Gosnell shook his head. тАЬNot very sporting, is it, Major, to speak ill of the dead? Captain