Admiral Invincible (A Spineward Sectors Novel: Book 7) by Luke Sky Wachter

Author:Luke Sky Wachter [Wachter, Luke Sky]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pacific Crest Publishing
Published: 2015-01-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27: The Droid Deception

“Admiral, the reinforcements that arrived in system shortly after the Parliamentary Power group is refusing orders from the Grand Flag and are proceeding toward the Jovian, sir,” said Lieutenant Steiner.

I nodded. “What are they saying, Lieutenant?” I questioned absently, most of my attention focused on the distance between us and the Forge and the distance between us and the nearest enemy units.

“Nothing, sir,” replied the Lieutenant.

I stopped my contemplation to focus on Steiner. “What? Nothing at all?” I asked curiously.

“Communications silence, Admiral Montagne,” she avowed.

I ran a hand over my face and then rubbed my chin. It had been a long day already, and it was only getting longer.

“Monitor them, Comm.; get with Sensors and have them put an operator on monitoring the reinforcements,” I instructed.

“Yes, Admiral,” she replied eagerly and turned back to her business.

I heaved a sigh as I turned back to the screen and then a thought popped into my head and I turned back to her.

“Oh, and while you’re at it, why don’t you drop them a line and see if they’ll talk to us? It would be nice to be able to coordinate our efforts, even if they’re ignoring the Grand Admiral,” I added. I couldn’t entirely blame the reinforcements for not wanting to join in on the carnage that was a massed boarding action of the eight now-drifting Battleships—the beating heart of the fleet—but even so that was a lot of firepower. Four Battleships and two Heavy Cruisers were enough to potentially turn the tide of this battle if used properly, and I aimed to see that if at all possible they were used properly.

“A Harmony Cruiser and two Destroyer Squadrons have angled for an intercept course with the new arrivals before they reach the forge,” reported Tactical.

“Anything they need to worry about?” I asked perfunctorily. I didn’t see anything for a relief fleet that size to be worried about, but the Droids had surprised me before.

“No sir, Admiral. They should be able to handle anything that size a force can throw out,” replied Tactical.

“Good, then we can continue on course for the Forge,” I said evenly. “What’s our rendezvous time with the Power and Commodore Druid’s group?”

“The Commodore will reach the Jovian with his battle group an hour and ten minutes before we do, at our current course and speed,” reported Shepherd our Navigator.

I smiled; the Commodore should arrive in plenty of time to begin the first part of the plan for defense of the Jovian system.

“What’s the status of those reinforcements, Steiner?” I asked turning back to the Communication Section.

“Still no response, Admiral,” she said, her brows furrowing.

“Keep trying,” I said hiding a scowl. Everything would be a lot easier if—

“We need to join forces with those Battleships, sir,” Laurent said, breaking into my train of thought.

“Agreed, Captain,” I said testily.

“With that many ships of the line, we could still save this system,” he added.

“I have a plan,” I said sharply, before adding, “however, those extra ships would certainly be a help.

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