The Rescue of the Renegat
Novella 22,034 words Recommended by 2 award/anthology sources
A badly-damaged Fleet ship of long-obsolete design appears out of foldspace. There seem to be 200 people on board, but they’re not trying to communicate. Captain Dauber has to try to rescue them, even though it may be a trap.
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Quasar links out; the story lives on Asimov's, where the author gets the click.