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тАЬGinny Wu at Icestar says a message came in delaying the impact time by six
months. Says theyтАЩre reviewing the calculations and that Wotan asked them to hold
it until he gets a chance to talk to you, Dr. Kremer.тАЭ

Naomi watched KremerтАЩs lips tighten for a brief moment.

тАЬGinny Wu is SashaтАЩs best friendтАЩs cousin,тАЭ Naomi added. тАЬItтАЩs still a small
town here.тАЭ

Kremer took a breath and smiled. тАЬWell. You should have seen it when I was
here. Morris WuтАФhe started IcestarтАФand I went to school together half a century
ago. A delay doesnтАЩt sound right, though; I should have gotten word directly. Let
me double-check ... nothing.тАЭ

Naomi shook her head. тАЬDr. Kremer, uh, Hilda, it could be a rumor or a
complete invention on someoneтАЩs part. Ginny can get a little in front of things at
times.тАЭ

Sasha laughed. тАЬLike when she said the Maluks were New Reformationists
and they were just Baptists! It was weeks before all our Martian refugees started
talking to them again, just for a rumor.тАЭ

тАЬWell, I hope thatтАЩs all there is to this,тАЭ Hilda said. тАЬYouтАЩll let me know
before doing anything about it?тАЭ

Naomi grinned. тАЬAbsolutely! When are you going to meet your father?тАЭ

Hilda shook her head. тАЬHeтАЩs still in a meeting about tidal waves and the
planned Maud Plateau ice sheet collapse. Said heтАЩd be here tomorrow. Naomi, I
havenтАЩt heard anything about a delay, which is surpassingly strange. ItтАЩs a major
change. Brad Adams and Sarah Levine back at SolтАЩs BHP would have sent
messages to me. All the traffic IтАЩve gotten is completely normal.тАЭ

тАЬIncluding the impact date?тАЭ Naomi asked.

тАЬThat was set seventeen years ago,тАЭ Hilda said. тАЬThe impactor state vector
targets are cast in concrete; theyтАЩre the fixed star about which everything else in the
project revolves. The only reason to send a new one would be some major change.тАЭ

Naomi shivered. тАЬHilda, we do have some Consolidationists here, including
three of the ten planetary councilors. Hans Bluth, the security minister, is one of
them. Wotan figured that was a good place for a conservative.тАЭ

Hilda shook her head. тАЬSome of those people think theyтАЩre so right, that
anything they do is justified.тАЭ

SashaтАЩs head was turning between them like a spectator watching a tennis
match. тАЬWhat happens if we launch late?тАЭ he asked.

Naomi looked at Hilda and both women shook their heads.