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Your ship out-accelerates the Mechanon starship and you match speed with it a fraction before reaching hyper-space velocity. You make the fine adjustments which will point you towards Earth and set the jump for a length of 9.36754 parsecs. You go into hyper-space together and the stars form a tunnel around you. Ahead the stars which shoot towards you are neon blue, at the sides they are long streaks of white and yellow, and as you crane your head backwards you can see that you are leaving behind stars which glow redly, at a breath taking rate. Both ships leave hyper-space near the moon. You are four thousand miles behind and below the Mechanon starship. It is not responding to your presence, your radar dampers must be effective, if the droidship is scanning. You arm your missiles, ready to attack if the starship threatens Earth, but to your surprise, it merely discharges a small re-entry capsule, from its belly. The ship turns and accelerates, once more, apparently returning to Mechanon. Will you: