CHAPTER 5Using Earth time, it was a month later with Yolk 3 now on the outer limits of the triple galaxies and hopefully beyond the range of the hexapods or entities. They had not seen any of enemy ships on long-range sensors for a week now. The cloaking device appeared to make them invisible to the enemy and the fission drive engine proved to be at least four times as fast as the older Vanguard ships. In theory they could travel even faster but Tara, after a discussion with her officers and Nolan decided not to push Yolk 3 beyond what was registered as cruising mode.
Ten days earlier, morale on the ship had slipped a little and Vic had suggested tightening discipline. However, Tara decided to use her own initiative and not stick to the somewhat overwhelming protocols that the military of
