Chapter 17

The senior lieutenant of the Dark Nebula stared in horror at the visiplate.
"Great  Galloping Galaxies!"  It  should have  been a  howl,  but it  was awhisper instead, "What's that?"It was a ship, but a whale to the Dark Nebula's minnow; and on its side wasthe  Spaceship-and-Sun of  the  Empire. Every  alarm on  the  ship yammeredhysterically.
The orders went out,  and the Dark Nebula prepared to  run if it could, andfight if it must,  杦hile down in the hyperwave room, a message stormed itsway through hyperspace to the Foundation.
Over  and over  again!  Partly a  plea for  help, but  mainly a  warning ofdanger.