COVENANT: Could they talk? Would they talk?

EMPIRE: We had to see.

COVENANT: The first sign of their hail was the "flicker" we sensed over supraluminal lengths. The released voice we had expected. We need only hear this voice and see the face behind it to compose our just judgment. We must act with haste and virtue.

EMPIRE: Our subspace communication was being picked up. A good sign that it was possible to ease the tension in our nerves, but not a guarantee...