The simple ending lasted for less than an hour.
Eirenne had only started sorting through the records taken from the depot when she found the first serious problem.
Aurelian was still aboard Black Crown when she appeared beside his command station, wearing the same calm expression she usually had when she was about to give him bad news.
"The ship Talyra followed has changed course."
Aurelian looked up from Dane's recovered records. "Back toward the depot?"
"No. It's heading deeper into the outer wreck region, and the sensor platform is barely managing to follow it."
A map opened between them, showing the small recovery vessel moving beyond the old cargo hull and accelerating along a route that passed through several abandoned recovery sites.
Talyra had already begun comparing its course against the navigation records recovered from Dane's depot.
Astra leaned closer to the display. "Where does it lead?"
