Quest for the Conestoga (Colony Ship Conestoga Book 1) by John Thornton Page A

encounter with her and then reviewed his interaction with Jubal.  He finished by saying, “I am confident the release was not done by Jubal, even though he is throwing his weight around and messed up my AI Faraday.”
     
    “If Jamie did not do it, I doubt Paul would.  He might, there is a streak in him incredibly strong, despite his whining, but he was in decontamination, so it is very unlikely he did it.”  Cammarry flipped her hair and looked at the ceiling. 
     
    “There might be some new technology.  There have been space flights again,” Jerome reminded her.  “Maybe Paul had some way to access that new technology?  But why would he have it out on a ground mission?  And Jamie really did not know word had spread.” 
     
    “A real mystery.  So was it Murial or Lorna?”  Cammarry chewed on her lower lip a bit.  “Someone wanted the adventurers to know what happened, but why?  And why in this way?  Why not just wait for the briefing?”
     

 
     
    3 Solo missions? 
     
     
     
    As time passed rumors spread and Cammarry listened to all of them, many contradicted each other, and some were just bizarre.  Yet there was still no official briefing.  As she was walking past the recreation center she encountered two technicians that she had a passing acquaintance with.  They both worked with the Master Engineer Brink.  They had just finished a ricochet-ball match and were laughing as they exited the court.
     
    “Hello Janet.  May I have a moment of your time?”  Cammarry asked. 
     
    Janet and her friend Cindy waited as Cammarry approached.  “Sure, what can I do for you?”  Janet brushed some of her brown hair out of her face, the sweat had made her hair cling together.  Beads of sweat streaked her face.
     
    “My understanding is the latest space flight went well.  Were there any problems with re-entering the atmosphere?  We take special precautions on our ground missions to other domes.  I would think the radiation, toxins, and other corrosive things in the air would play havoc with the guidance systems of a flying craft.  How did you overcome that?”  Cammarry asked.
     
    Janet’s blue eyes looked at her inquisitively.  She then glanced at Cindy who just dropped her head and averted her eyes.  Looking back, Janet’s gaze fell for an instant on the clothing Cammarry was wearing which was unique to the adventurers.  It was not a uniform so much as just a social trend, but it did separate them from the general population.  Janet nodded ever so slightly.
     
    “The return flight was designed to compensate for all those factors.  The landing was perfect,” Janet replied warily. 
     
    Cindy coughed and nudged Janet.  “You were awesome in that last match.  Janet we should be going.”
     
    “So the return was not a problem?”  Cammarry pressed, ignoring Cindy’s attempted diversion.  “Communications worked well too?”
     
    “The orbital flight tested fine, and the craft returned perfectly to the reception strip.  I think you better ask Chief Brink for more details.  I need to go now,” Janet turned and joined with Cindy as they both walked away quickly.
     
    “Thank you!”  Cammarry called out.  She smiled to herself on her ability to gather more information.  She had direct confirmation about the space flight.
     
    Cammarry tried to uncover additional information from other sources, but only found rumors and hear-say.  The general population was unaware of what had happened in Dome 3, so Cammarry knew the recording of that horrific situation had only gone to the adventurers AIs and not to the main archives.  So the adventurers had not been open about sharing the Dome 3 events and only discussed it quietly among themselves.  There was no consensus on who released the recording, nor on exactly what the response to that information should be.  A few of the adventurers even suggested that the release of the recording was some kind of a test, but Karen’s