Saltoon Fenocious was a wary sort of deep space logistics manager, and saw problems where others couldn’t.

‘You ignored them!’

‘Yes inspector, it was an obvious trick.’

‘Kerellan scouts have landed, request immediate evacuation …how was that a trick Saltoon?’

‘Read between the lines, the sense of urgency pressuring me to make a rash decision. Amateur stuff. An obvious ruse.’

‘But it came from our people!’

‘That’s what the Kerellans wanted me to think -answer this, why would the same message be transmitted fifteen times?’

‘Tell me you sent an emergency team!’

‘There was no need, the messages stopped coming.’