Mi'i asked,"How do I get out of here? I want to gather my clothes before they blow away." The door chimed. Dokka held up a hand as Tall White Lady came in followed by Jalisco.Captain Dokka Tkarro said,,"Follow him, he'll conduct you off the ship." Rose said," I was having him take Lime to the sick-bay, Blue has an idea to give Lime some limited vision, if she's interested?" Lime was hugging on TWL and giggling. TWL let go of her,"I think she's interested, just distracted. If YOU hadn't come along,Rose, I'd have ended up with Lime--you remember that!" Rose smiled wryly,"How can I forget? You remind me every time we meet?" Lime,Mi'i and Jalisco left. TWL walked over and sat on the Captain's desk as he sat down. He asked,"Any good words?" She sighed tiredly,"NO. I officially give up! I have been scanning the four involved in the accident. What we DO KNOW--Snowy and Sunny are themselves. Kael is Snowy's co-ordinater as part of the Four Sisters network." Obett exclaimed, "You mean like the ancient ALTHA-KROMMIUM WEAPON SYSTEM? The Goddess Weapons?" Dokka and Rose groaned. TWL looked embarrassed. "Well cat's out of the bag,now? I'm so tired I'm screwing up. I'm sorry." Obett said,"No,wait--this is a good thing in a way. It does show the limits of the Erhlutian's knowledge. If they had a CLUE--they'd have bagged Snowy and kept her. 'Elegant and involved espionage plots' would have been flushed and they'd be assaulting this ship to grab the rest of them!" Dokka nodded grimly,"That's VERY important knowledge to keep in mind!" Rose asked,"That leaves Thena. The Erhlutians WERE involved! We know that for a fact. Did you find anything?" TWL shook her head. Rose said,"Maybe we have to think outside the box." Toxic asked with a smile,"Let the cats out of the box?" Rose smiled,"Something like that!" Her form flickered and she lost almost a foot of height and gained an eye. Obett exclaimed,"Wh-wh-WHAT? What did--HOW did you do that?" Rose said,"It's a Remote Pilot Body. All the non-human members of the crew have one. We got them from the Sururin." TWL said,"Those for the Machine-life had telepathic camouflage generators to hide their bright,nigh-speed thoughts from telepaths. Otherwise they's be like arc-lights in a dark room. No telepaath could read them, but none could ignore them!" Rose said,"Exactly!" Toxic and Dokka finished laughing, and Dokka exclaimed,"Obett--I think Rose is just taking to much delight in squeezing out every expression of wonder,shock,surprise and bewilderment out of you she can!" She frowned."NO! CAPTAIN, IF YOU PLEASE?" Toxic said,"HE does have some great looks! Can I shock him,too?" Except for Obett, everyone shouted as one,"NOOOO! No way! DON'T you DARE!" She laughed, Obett looked curious. Rose snapped,"DON'T get me off topic! Remember what the Haen said about these RPB's! If you think in them, your mind can be read because of the synchronized mental interface. COULD THE ERHLUTIANS substitute a RPB for a person until a 'COPY body' be prepared?" Obett nodded,"They use Simuloids. They're quicky synthetic bodies. I never knew about the mind-reading aspect of them. I'm not telepathic, I'm precognitive! Erhlutians telepaths are very close-mouthed. VERY top secret! They can make a simuloid appear to be a real person within a minute if they have the shaper-machine on site." Rose asked,"Which is how big?" Obett said, 'About the size of a coffin. Wait a minute-- don't you people have the technology to detect them? Hyperframe repair is beyond the Erhlutians..." Dokka sighed,"I think we found our spies. No, we don't have that technology." Rose looked over at Toxic, and remarked,"Maybe we do. Toxic CANNOT be scanned by ANYTHING. If she can generate this 'Hyper-energy',could she absorb it?" Obett shrugged,"I certainly think so." Dokka said,"We need you to hug some people!" Toxic grinned. --TO BE CONTINUED!--