Roysland waved his hand to indicate their surroundings. The corridors
and rooms of the great ship were swarming with inspectors, who were
photographing and checking every square centimeter of the ship.
"What happened? Why have we got this ship?" Roysland asked.
Gowlan thought for a moment, then nodded slowly. "I see what you're
getting at. Let's see--
"The _Killiver_ is cruising in ultradrive. They pick up a blip on the
detector; it's an enemy ship. They're too far away to torpedo, but
they're well within range of the _aJ_ projectors. That gets us up to
the moment of firing." He stopped and his frown deepened. "Wait a
second; that doesn't make sense."