Blood Sabers by MF Burbaugh

Author:MF Burbaugh [Burbaugh, MF]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781925148091
Publisher: IFWG Publishing International
Published: 2013-11-29T13:00:00+00:00

Onward

“Estimated time to Old Earth, Rodel?” I asked.

Aawasa said, “That went well, I think.” She ripped a laugh out of me when she batted her lashes.

“Three weeks, some big folds ahead,” he said.

“I remember,” I said. “When we founded New Earth we had made many, many jumps looking for the perfect home. It has its faults but it is a viable planet.”

We spent the next days doing a lot of sword training as I gave history and background training to the others on both Earth and New Earth. Aawasa was right, we were severely out of shape.

We tried our first joint space maneuvers. Linda and I went into the hatch, armored up, opened the lock, and went out. All worked fine. She went back and brought out the rest. Four ladies in battledress were in space floating around after Linda put the blue shield around them. It was funny--they wore the almost nothing battledress but had winter fur boots on. Seems the cold of space transferred some to the bubble.

I checked to make sure, once activated, the shield would remain until removed. I was told it could not be removed in an unsafe environment. I couldn’t when I tried. Aawasa could partially control it; it acted like a rubber membrane or a large flexible bubble. No one could go in or out of it while it was on. They could go through a hatch, close it and shut it off, but they couldn’t wrap around an object or person and bring it into the bubble with them. Made me rest a little easier, safety wise, but was a pain for offensive ops.

Linda and I tried various movements—space gravity, sometimes called free fall or zero gee, sucked for any kind of maneuvers. Equal and opposite meant just that.

We called our cats and tried mounted activities, looked cool, but not effective, until Linda’s lion farted accidentally and took off like a rocket. She petted it and we found magic cats can do magical things.

We spent a whole day farting up space. It was hilarious. You felt the vibration, but heard no sound.

We were inside eating when Rodel said, “Jump in thirty minutes, jump, jump in thirty minutes!” and laughed.

We suited up and waited.

“The bubble,” I asked. “If they are in spacesuits inside can it be dropped?”

“I think so. Wise beyond your years, husband,” Linda said.

“Nope, he’s over 220 years old!” Queastra said. “Glad he doesn’t act his age!”

“Should work the same, if no one inside is compromised it will drop. If Aawasa can wrap around a knot in a rope and get towed, hmmm, could give someone a nasty surprise!” Linda said.

We jumped. Rodel said in awe, “What a difference a few hundred years make, Jake! Looks like a dry spell, nothing within a week. Will advise if we get a pop up,” he said.

Life went routine, well for us. Eight hours swordplay and space work for each ship day.

I was right on the suits idea. We had four women in suits in a blue bubble wrapped around a flexible cable knot being pulled by a saber tooth cat.

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