Ignominy
Karen: Thank you for bringing us back to the Pandora station.
Malachi: It's on the way but it's no trouble at all regardless.
Dr. Maxwell: I would like to run some additional tests on Virulyde before re-activation.
Saja: That's fine. I would like to see Aunt Marie and Rosetta about the new plans for the wedding, too.
Malachi: Saja, I think you might want to take a look at this.
Malachi: There's a space-time anomaly ahead of us.
Saja: A 5-D gate? What orientation?
Malachi: There is a very high amplitude energy reading coming through.
Saja: That's way too close to the Pandora station...
Saja: I'd better contact them immediately!
Ravenna: Look, there it is...!
Saja: This is bad. Normally, we detect signature radiation patterns ahead of time.
Saja: This is a much larger distortion than usual, too... wait... what the...
Saja: Communications are overloaded.. or jammed... I have to warn them!
Ravenna: It's opening... is it Zetsfir?!
Malachi: No... no.... no...
Malachi: This isn't happening...
Dr. Maxwell: Emergency communications are offline!
Saja: THEY NEVER HAD A WARNING!
Saja: Aunt Marie... Rosetta... everyone in there.... they never had a chance...
Saja: YOU ZETSFIR BASTARDS!!!
Saja: NO!!! GIVE THEM BACK!!!
Pleione: Hmmm.... what gives...?
Eris: Is something the matter, Pleione?
Pleione: I can't reach anyone on the Pandora orbital station, Mom.
Karla: What is that? Are they cloud seeding again already?
Celaeno: Lieutenant Alcyone, no one is able to make contact with the Pandora orbital station.
Celaeno: When was your last contact with them?
Karla: Just about 40 minutes ago. I thought there was network congestion.
Celaeno: We need to make contact with the station immediately.
Celaeno: Establish an emergency communications link with them on any available medium. Immediately.
Karla: What's going on, here...?
Grady: Greta, dear, do you know if any of our vehicles produce condensation trails that look like that?
Greta: Dear, you need to have your eyes checked. Whatever those are, they aren't condensation trails.
Grady: It's not my eyes I'm worried about.
Greta: That's really high up there. Above the clouds, from the look of it.
Grady: Let's get in touch with Fumacine headquarters.
Azurat: Hmmm... What kind of trails are those? I don't like the look of them.
Azurat: They remind me a little too much of...
Azurat: Oh please no, I hope not...
Azurat: Something truly horrible has happened, hasn't it?
Azurat: If that's what I think it is, my thoughts are with those who have been lost.
Azurat: Ravenna, Gaia, and Marvin...
Azurat: If you're out there somewhere, I hope you're safe.
END OF CHAPTER 4