Erik expected to sit around for a day on his hands without anything significant happening. He didn’t expect a warning ten minutes later. In a way, it was comforting. When a man went looking for trouble, not finding it made him nervous.
“You sure, Emma?” Erik asked.
“Yes, Erik,” she replied. “I don’t know if it means anything, but the update just came in. The transport’s arrival will now be tomorrow morning local time, not in two days as originally reported and projected. They claim they don’t have to do another delivery on Europa.”
Jia frowned. “That tightens things up for us. We can’t greet them in exos or call the Fleet yet.”
“It also means if anyone local is working with them, they’re going to be a lot more worried about government inspectors looking over their shoulders, especially
