[center][h2]Story Note[/h2][/center]

With her underside truss now complete, China Doll  is all set to to make her intercept flight.

There’s just one small problem:  The data supplied by the museum staff is pretty much all wrong.   During their time at the relay station, SAM did [i]”that voodoo that she do”[/i], gaining stealthy access to Alliance astrometrics and the equipment that supplied that information.  In her usual nanosecond, she learned that not only was Asteroid AN-3872 much closer in its’ elliptical orbit than originally forecast, but also the speed of orbit would make for a much narrower window before that great rock was headed once again toward the depths of the black for another three hundred years.

The job could still be done, if they could  get there on time.  Putting the spurs to the Doll wasn’t the worry.  What had furrows worn into Cal’s brow was the deep cut into the dog leg course they’d planned out.  Now, to get outside the ‘verse past Miranda and catch AN-3872, they were gonna have to move fast, and on a heading that laid them right on the bleeding edge of Reaver territory.

OOC:  China Doll is running silent, doing her best not to attract attention.  I’m sure our captain will have some reassuring words for us as we cross this risky patch on our way outside of the known ‘verse.  Feel free to write your characters going about their business, being paranoid, etc.