What was not usual was that it was encoded. She didn’t even come out when Matthew started the holographic Matt-Alf simulation of the stars. XXX Note: it is Echfari, not Xfari. “It is as if something is blocking the sensors,” Midship Alfreia deLong said as she reported to the scientific panel. She sat pouring over ship’s manifest data and even personal manifests for crewpersons aboard the Neil. With the exception of that trade / medical assistance station, a four parsec quarantine is now declared around Echfari to protect its inhabitants from contamination by outside flora, fauna, or personnel. Matthew slid Alfreia’s uniform slacks to the floor and then she did so for him. What was not usual was that it was encoded. Planet X was the name given to the invisible planet which Midship Alfreia deLong claimed to be the XFari home world that only she could see.
