Breach of Faith by Daniel Gibbs & Gary T. Stevens

Author:Daniel Gibbs & Gary T. Stevens
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-12-19T16:00:00+00:00

Their third day out from Trinidad Station was halfway through. Kepper stood on the bridge with Felix and Yanik while Henry, Tia, Piper, and Cera manned their stations. He consulted his tablet and grinned. "Ready for the last jump, people?"

Henry nodded and glanced at Piper. She checked her board for several seconds before looking back and nodding. "The fleet reports ready. Commodore Dulaney says they're good to go the moment you send the coordinates."

"Alright, then." Henry hit the intercom key on his chair. "All combat systems ready?"

"Ready as they've ever been," Tia confirmed.

"I'm ready t' give th' League sassenachs a show, Captain," Cera said cheerfully.

"Engineering here," came Pieter's voice over the intercom. "Reactors are green, fusion drive on standby. We're good, Captain."

Al-Lahim spoke next. "Holds here. The militia is ready for boarding, and I’m ready to push the Hunter missiles into space at your command."

"Infirmary here, we are ready," said Oskar.

Miri, Caetano, Vidia, and Jules checked in from the quad turrets.

"That's it, then," Tia said. She drew in a breath, steadying her nerves. "We're ready."

Henry glanced back to Kepper and nodded. Kepper tapped away at the tablet, relaying the tracker coordinates to the Shadow Wolf's navigational computer.

"Coordinates received," Piper said. "Jump calculated."

"Send to the fleet."

It was done with a button press. A moment later, the voice of Commodore Dulaney came over the fleet's comm channel. "All ships, jump coordinates relayed. Commence jump in ten… nine… eight… seven…"

The countdown continued, ratcheting up the tension in the bridge, even as Kepper, Felix, and Yanik departed, bound for the holds. Henry closed his eyes and felt an old, familiar tension. The tension that had always come back in the war, when his ship was about to execute a jump into a combat situation. He'd always felt easier hearing his comrades' exhortation "Godspeed" in those days, the promise of divine aid they'd all believed in with their hearts.

He didn't feel it anymore. In its place was something that lacked the comfort while it kept the fear in check. The feeling of determination in him to do what he needed to keep his crew safe, in this battle and afterward, by defeating the League.

An old quote came to his mind, something Captain Taylor used to say back in the day. "'Once more unto the breach, dear friends'," he muttered quietly.

Tia gave him a curious look but said nothing.

Dulaney's count hit zero. The space around them was filled with the sight of wormholes opened to what might be the last battle he'd ever fight.

Without any hesitation, he spoke. "Take us in, Cera."

The Shadow Wolf plunged through the multi-colored maw of energy.

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