"Family Ties" Even with the star charts that we recently inherited from Br'nee (see "Bone to Be Wild"), we were unable to slip past the Command Carrier patrolling the edge of the asteroid field. It was only a matter of time before the Peacekeepers homed in on Moya's energy signature and descended on us. With nowhere to run, we were what Crichton referred to as "sitting ducks." Under these conditions, Rygel's loyalties (which were never certain to begin with) waivered, and he fled to the PK Command Carrier hoping to trade the rest of our lives for his own. Perhaps we should have been prepared for this defection — his eminence has been known to exhibit a penchant for self-interest that has been, in my case, quite literally disarming. Although adversity had united us in the past, we had yet to face a fate more dire than this one. The Hynerian might have succeeded in bartering our lives for his freedom had it not been for a shift in power aboard the Peacekeeper vessel itself. It seems the formidable Captain Bialar Crais had lost his grip on command of the PK Carrier, leaving Scorpius in charge and Crais fearing for his life under the Peacekeeper-Scarran hybrid's new regime. Crais convinced Rygel that Scorpius intended to kill them both, and together they fled back to Moya. Their reception was about as warm as could be expected. With old enemies on board and new ones closing in, Moya and I were beginning to doubt that her new offspring would survive long enough to acquire a name.... Gigi Edgley  . . . . . .  Chiana Lani Tupu  . . . . . .  Captain Bialar Crais Wayne Pygram  . . . . . .  Scorpius Writers  . . . . . .  David Kemper & Rockne S. O'Bannon Director  . . . . . .  Tony Tilse << Previous Log Next Log >>