Chapter 15 Summary

Captain Kraussa delivers Thorby to Colonel Brisby on the Hegemonic ship Hydra, and we learn that Colonel Brisby is yet another person who would not dare go against the wishes of the late Baslim.

Upon learning that Baslim was also a Colonel who served with Brisby in the Guard, Thorby concludes that he should deliver Baslim's final message (the one that Baslim gave him under hypnosis the night before he died) to Colonel Brisby.

The code in which the message is written clearly indicates that the information within is top secret, and the message is extracted from Thorby in an extremely secure environment with only the Colonel, Vice-Colonel Stancke, and the ship's psychologist present. We never are told exactly what was encoded in the message, but are given reason to believe it details critical information on the slave trade that Baslim has uncovered...