803 Introduction

[Please come to the rear cargo bay. We will receive you there.] The Co-Operative ship informed them once the shuttle was on its way toward the convoy. 

It was somewhat unconventional for the Koleska but far from the strangest reception that they had ever received. Max was reserving judgment on these people until he got close enough to read their minds so that he could tell if they knew that they were working with the Arisen or if it was a matter of unwitting assistance. 

If they really didn't know that their ships were compromised, then it would be a very different negotiation than if he realized that they were either possessed or willing double agents. 

Nico maneuvered the shuttle smoothly into the bay, and Max watched as a series of lights on the screen beside him blinked and lines of code flashed by. 

"We have a definite intrusion," Max informed her.