Acheron_Adventure In Violence by Max Wilson

Author:Max Wilson [Wilson, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Unknown
Published: 2018-06-07T06:00:00+00:00

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Directly controlling the Taddecu freighter was not ideal but Fabian had no other choice. He either took control and navigated the asteroid storm or he surrendered to the pursuing Taddecu fighters.

Fabian was not going to surrender. Not today. Not ever.

The asteroid storm ahead was a maelstrom of rock and ice. The collisions between the asteroids resulted in a hail of red hot rock. A single collision with the freighter would end in oblivion.

“Hold tight,” Fabian shouted. “We’re going in.”

Fabian spotted the asteroid on the port side, the ship calculated the time to impact. He had seconds to power past. He pushed the freighter’s reactor to the limit. The sudden acceleration hit like a hammer and pressed Fabian back into the captain’s chair. The Taddecu bridge crew slid along the deck, fetching up in a heap at the rear bulkhead.

Wolfin gripped a console and clung on for her life as Fabian threw the freighter to the port to avoid another asteroid. With his focus on the navigation Fabian could only glimpse the pursuing fighters. He called out to Wolfin.

“Where are those fighters now?”

“They are just entering the storm now,” she replied.

Fabian spotted a large rock racing towards the freighter, a molten spot glowing white hot on one face where it had just impacted against a smaller asteroid. Fabian threw the freighter into a dive and narrowly avoided the massive asteroid.

Moving at speed on its headlong dive deeper into the asteroid storm Fabian spotted the massive asteroid in front of the freighter. The asteroid appeared motionless, yet it grew in size as the freighter raced towards it. Fabian directed the thrusters to move the freighter in a curve that carried it away from its head on collision course. The freighter moved slowly and changed course marginally. The massive asteroid still directly in front of the freighter.

“Pull up,” Fabian shouted as he pulled on the manual flight controls. “This damn freighter won’t turn.”

“The crew safety systems are preventing you pulling a tighter turn. The G-force will be too high.” Wolfin clambered across the console to an adjacent one. “I can deactivate it, but the crew will black out.”

“Do it,” Fabian shouted. “Do it now or will be part of that asteroid in a few seconds time.”

Fabian felt the freighter become more responsive as the safety was deactivated. Then he felt the darkness close in as the high G-force threatened to rob him of consciousness. As his vision blurred he saw the nose of the massive freighter pull up and point away from the asteroid towards open space.

Fabian pushed the freighters reactor engine to the maximum, to clear the asteroid. A warning alarm sounded across the bridge.

“Can you see what that is,” Fabian shouted to Wolfin.

A young bridge officer called back. “It’s the docking bridge. It’s going to fail. It was never designed to take maneuvers like that.”

“He’s right,” Wolfin said. “If we don’t slow her down we will lose the Acheron.”

Fabian had no intention of losing the Acheron. That was his ship.

“Sergeant Burkhardt,” Fabian opened a channel.

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