stomwell was about to reply when his aide's communicator beeped again. she leaned in and whispered something into his ear for a minute, then leaned back with a questioning look. stomwell gave her a short nod and then turned back to jamulon as his aide began sending a few rapid, encrypted messages. "senator tiure, is there something you'd like to share with me? our long-range sensors just picked up two flights of b-wings inbound towards baltimn. if there is something you'd like to say, i would say it now.
"the ship has been placed on alert status. i'm afraid we can't travel there now."