Crossing the Styx by Saxon Andrew

Author:Saxon Andrew [Andrew, Saxon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Saxon Andrew Publishing LLC
Published: 2019-04-23T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Alex flew away from the site of the space battle and came to a stop just inside passive scanning range. Gary stopped his ship beside the Rapids and continued to watch the giant flashes coming from the warships attacking each other. They were silent for a long time as the battle finally wound down when three of the giant warships flew away at maximum speed. “Gary send me the scan you made of the Battleship and I’ll send you the one I made of the Canis warship.” Alex watched the data download into his console and when it was done, he asked, “Brooks, have you analyzed the data on these ships?”

“Before we get into that, I believe you should examine the space battle recordings first.”

“Why do you suggest that?”

“You’ll learn how these two civilizations match up in their technology.”

“Gary, are you ok with viewing the recordings first?”

“You’re the boss, Alex. I think your computer has a reason for wanting to view the recordings first.”

“Brooks show us the recordings and be prepared to stop them if either of us requests it.”

The recordings started and after ten minutes, Brooks stopped the recording and asked, “Did you see it?”

“See what?”

“Alex I’m rewinding the recording and I’ve circled a place in space directly below those battleships. Keep your eyes on it. I’m playing the recording in slow motion.”

Alex and Gary saw a purple circle directly below the giant battleships with nothing in it. Suddenly, one of the battleships fired a huge blaster beam into the circle illuminating a Canis warship. Brooks stopped the recording and Alex sat up straight in his chair, “They can see the Canis warships even when they’re using their stealth fields.”

“I’ve recorded ten instances where the battleships fired on a Canis warship using their stealth fields,” Brooks added.

“Brooks, are they using an energy field to produce their stealth fields?”

“Yes, they are, Alex. It appears the stealth field leaks a small amount of energy allowing them to be detected.”

Alex was silent and Royal interjected, “That first ship they fired at was further out than we were, Sir. However, they did not fire at either of our ships. They did not detect us inside our hull coatings.”

“I wondered why the Canis civilization had numerous warships powered down to launch an attack against them,” Gary commented. “It’s of interest that we didn’t detect them either until after they powered up.”

“This doesn’t make sense.”

“Why do you say that, Alex?”

“If their stealth fields were shut down, those ships should have been detected by the battleship’s active scans, Brooks.”

“You’re right! I didn’t consider that?”

“Avoiding an active scan isn’t as hard as one might think,” Royal commented.

“What are you suggesting, Royal?” Gary asked.

“I pulled up the scan Alex made of a Canis warship and I think the answer lies there.” An image of the Canis Warship appeared on the monitors and Royal noted, “Look closely at the bow of that ship. Notice that the bow is highly polished and appears to have a honey comb series of overlapping circles on it.

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