Shadow Core - The Legacy Read Online Free PDF

Km out, and if we assume we're dealing with a sphere...” 
    “Ha ha ha,” Nick interrupted. “You could shove Neptune in here... that's not insane at all,” he said in a matter of fact, if obviously sarcastic, kind of tone. “Even if we ignore the power requirements to pull that miracle off, how does one shield an area anyway? Jammers?”   
    “No,” Kade replied. “Jammers wouldn’t affect the ship in a physical sense.”
    “They also leave a distinct signature,” Jude added.
    “Jammers flood the area with a form of white noise... no, we're dealing with something very different.”
    “And effective,” Kade said. “It certainly explains why the Solarian authorities aren’t crawling all over this place. As far as they know there’s nothing actually here, though the size of the field seems a little... excessive.” 
    “Not really,” Jude said. “I agree with Nick that the power requirements must be immense, but the size of the field makes sense to me. Think about it. If we could create a field like this just around the Icarus then normal sensors wouldn't see us, but they would still see a very localised disruption. They would still be able to pinpoint us even if they didn't know who we were. Now, if you expand the effective area to the size of a major planet...” 
    “The disruption is averaged out and what's left just looks like natural random noise,” Nick finished Jude's sentence with a seriously concerned expression as the sisters looked at him in silence, surprised by his insight.
    “What?” Nick asked after noticing their stunned looks. “I do pay attention at times you know.”
    “Right... anyway, let's focus on something else right now. It's on sensors, so run me a detailed scan of the derelict. Let's see if we can identify it,” Kade ordered.
    “I'm on it!” Jude said.
     
    Jude was keeping a close watch on the results from the scan as the data streamed in. The ship in front of them was a truly impressive beast, but a new mystery now laid just beyond the shielded area...
     
    “Well, that's a rather nasty downside. Whatever that ship's doing to shield this area is also disrupting our sensors. Our active scans aren't picking up anything past the field boundary. We can't see 'out' anymore than we could see 'in' before,” she said.
    “It seemed to see us just fine,” Nick said.
    “The probe that intercepted us was probably sitting outside this field. The ship itself is probably as blind as we are to what's happening outside,” Jude explained, bringing a smile to Nick's face.
     
    Jude glanced over the data that the sensors had managed to compile so far, and one section of the hull caught her attention...
     
    “Well... that's something you don't see every day. Check this out!” Jude said as she forwarded an image from the derelict's hull to the main view-screen. The bridge going quiet as everyone stared at the coat of arms branded on the side of the 'derelict', with the ship's name written beneath it.  
    “That symbol... this ship is a 'Shadow'!” Kade said with a glint in her eye. 
    “The Zenith? Here?” Nick blurted out instinctively, genuinely surprised at what he was seeing. 
    “That thing has the Shadow logo on its hull, a group which is closer to myth and legend than reality, and the name is what surprises you?” Kade asked.  
    “Oh...” Nick said sheepishly. “It's just that... well I've heard rumours of this ship. But I thought it had been destroyed almost a century ago. And then we go and find it in Sol of all places? It just surprised me... that’s all.” 
    “The Shadows! I used to love those stories, but there’s so little concrete data on them. I thought that they were just a myth. So how do you know of this ship?” Jude asked as she turned away from her console, facing Nick.
    “I read something about it once, don’t remember where though. It was a long time ago,” Nick replied.  
    “What else do you know about it?” Kade asked.  
    “Not