Several pings are picked up by Nakat, and a few moments later a single electronic message is sent to the planet. It is a basic, single word message followed by a name Talk? -S'Ark Meanwhile, a signal is sent in the direction of Planet N-1 from the retreating plasma ship, which is fleeing away from L'Er space Truce? -S'Din ((S'Din are the minor Hive responsible for the raid on Planet N-1, just to clarify))