Chapter SixteenAs he watched the last of the three Vox spacecraft dock with the other two, Martin had the feeling that he ought to blast them apart right then and there.
But they had not made a hostile move.
Carried aloft by rocket boosters that had detached and fallen back to the planet's surface, the three small ships had maneuvered into a tight formation and carefully joined together. They were connecting to form a single, larger vessel, one which undoubtedly would threaten the Exogenesis.
Martin knew what they were up to and knew that he could stop them with a preemptive strike during their docking and linking procedures…but instead, he had watched for forty-five minutes as they went about their business.
Even as he did so, he knew that he was waiting too long, just as he had wait
