"Pilot! Technician! Navigator! Isn't there anybody alive on this crate!"
He sat and thought. Something had happened that was not in the books. He'd hit a vortex and had awakened without help. The others—what had happened to them?
The communicator spoke tinnily: "Is there anybody else on this space can?"
"Maynard—who's speaking?"
"You and I are all?" came the return. "This is Hume, the assistant calculator."
"Might as well get together," said Maynard. "Come on in."
"This is Evans, of the Technician's crew. Can I come in, too?"
"Wait a minute, both of you," said Guy. "Go take a look around. Someone else may be alive, too."
"How many?" asked another voice. "In case anyone's interested, this is Ted Jones, of the power gang."
"Pete Rivers and I ... I'm Jim Phelps ... are both O.K."