human
We're within easy range of her, sir, he finished.
gpt
Shall we pick her up?
human
Might be a Rat trick, said the captain.
gpt
But we'll have to take the chance. Beam a call to Earth, and let's go out there dead slow. If the detectors show anything funny, we turn tail and run. We're in no position to fight a Rat ship.
human
You think this might be a Rat trap, sir?
gpt
If you are referring to the _Muldoon_ as a rat trap, Mr. Blake, you're both disrespectful and correct. That's why we're going to run if we see anything funny. This ship is already obsolete by our standards; you can imagine what it is by theirs. He paused.
human
Get that call in to Earth. Tell 'em this ship is using a distress signal that was obsolete six months ago. And tell 'em we're going out.
gpt
Yes, sir,