Question: The Normandy, the ship from the Mass Effect video games, approaches a stationary Geth Dreadnought. To an observer on the stationary Dreadnought, it appears as

The Normandy, the ship from the Mass Effect video games, approaches a stationary Geth Dreadnought. To an observer on the stationary Dreadnought, it appears as if the Normandy is approaching at 0.706 c . As it approaches the Normandy launches a shuttle that leaves the ship at \(0.439 c \) relative to the Normandy. How fast does it appear to the Geth on the Dreadnaught that the shuttle is approaching?
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