Echoes from Yesterday: Pirates of the Badlands Series Book 4 by Benjamin Sean

Author:Benjamin, Sean [Benjamin, Sean]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2016-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 28

Captain Dan Sorenson of Rebel looked over his screens. He had damage throughout his ship, one engine was hard down, and the other had a very limited life span left. Five compartments were open to space, and three adjacent spaces had been burned out. He had no accurate count on casualties, but he knew it was in the dozens. His slow speed was keeping the entire formation from accelerating at the front escorts. Rebel shook under three hits. He knew the enemy had seen the damage to his ship on their own sensors and was singling out Rebel for special attention. He scanned the rest of the pirate formation. Every ship had damage. Scoundrel was gone and Gunfighter was not much better off. Outlaw was taking more than her share of hits.

He scanned the enemy forces. The five front escorts ahead of the pirates were taking punishment as the pirates were focused on them since these ships stood in the escape path. One destroyer was being mauled and the light cruiser was taking hits against her hull in a regular basis. The commander of these escorts was smart. The five ships were retreating in front of the pirates while continuing to engage. The veteran enemy knew they had a crossfire going and had no intention of giving it up by closing with the pirate ships and allowing them to slip through their circle. The pirate formation was joined together now, and was constantly shifting positions to present different targets to the enemy to allow shields to recharge. Fortunately, the fighting numbers were equal. If the OrCons had had superior numbers in the escorts, this would not be a long battle. The only good thing happening now was the Orion escort would not be reinforced. It was clear the OrCon Admiral Kupin was not coming back to her carriers but was continuing her chase of the Zekes.

Sorenson sighed. He now knew how Emily Legrand must have felt during the attack on the secret OrCon base. The future for his ship was short and bleak with damn few answers, and none of them were good ones. His ship’s slow speed was holding back the formation. His fighting power was diminishing by the second. He knew his one engine would not hold long enough to reach safety. He also knew Hawkins and the others would never abandon him. Hell, they would probably win this fight. The upgraded Clan class destroyers were the equal of the light cruisers and the pirate corvettes could hold their own against any OrCon destroyer. Yes, they would win, but the cost would be high. Best to help out now.

He reviewed his screens to ensure the timing was right. What had been the Orion front escort of one light cruiser and four destroyers was now five damaged ships still retreating toward Lilitu and Aegis base. The pirates continued to press them. At this stage of the fight, the front escort was getting close to Aegis. The rear escort had been charging hard and rapidly cutting the distance to Flot 1.

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