"The search radius from hell, I know. You can skip that; we'll play it his way, to a point. I want a patrol in the air over the Tidal Barrier, I want a flight plan filed for my shuttle, I want a Dendarii aircar meeting it on the ground when it arrives, I want the credit chit I asked Lieutenant Bone for, and I want Quinn to meet me at the shuttle with a couple of med scanners. I just have to check one thing before I leave."

He cuts that call and opens the line to Galeni.

"Galeni? Still confined to quarters? I have an urgent question. Where is Ivan?"