Equilibrium of Terror: Part 1 (Splintered Galaxy Book 3) by Eddie R Hicks

Author:Eddie R Hicks [Hicks, Eddie R]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-06-27T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 15

►► Kasidey’s transport, Interstellar space

► Outside of Proxima Centauri system

Kasidey’s transport came to a full stop and idled several kilometers outside of wide debris field. Fragments of compartments that were once part of an impressive interstellar ship covered their whole line of sight. Some of the ships in the debris field were still partly intact, though many of them were straight up split in half, with darkened burn marks along its battle scared hull.

Whigli stood behind Kasidey as she conducted a deep scan of each piece of the melted metal war torn derelict ships. One of them caught his attention so he pointed toward it as it came into view from their windshield. “Those look like Radiance ships, or what’s left of them,” said Whigli. He then pointed to another wreckage of an unknown design. “Not sure what that is or rather was.”

Kasidey’s scan alerted her to the detection of something, something that made her smile. He couldn’t see exactly what it was as he looked over her shoulder and down towards the holo screen. The only thing he could put together was that whatever had fascinated her, existed deep within the hulk a badly ripped apart ship.

“Feeling adventurous?” Kasidey said with a smile toward Whigli.

“Not really.”

“I think it’s cute you think you have an option in the matter.” She stood and started to move toward the exit of the cockpit. “We need to board that ship, keep me company.” Her body once again began to liquefy and her human appearance changed into that of Chidorli.

They both teleported outside of the transport and engaged in a spacewalk without space suits, they didn’t need it. A psionic barrier kept all the air, pressure, and temperatures they needed to survive around them.

Telekinesis allowed their bodies to carefully fly through the debris field, and from time to time hurl a chunk of metal away from their path. She led the way toward the ship in question, Whigli followed while observing closer what they floated into.

It was a graveyard.

Mutilated bodies orbited many of the ships that were broken up into pieces. Most of them didn’t have a space suit on, suggesting they were suddenly blown out into space when their ship met its end. Many of the victims were of the Radiance navy, judging by the grey jumpsuits, though some of the bodies wore no uniform at all but lab coats and hazard suits instead. Someone must have attacked a ship transporting scientists and it became quite clear which of these ships were the ones holding the scientists, the ship that had Kasidey’s attention.

They ventured inside the ruined ship, a flashlight lit the way, being telekinetically controlled by Kasidey. As expected, Whigli didn’t see many bodies inside the ship, they were all outside. The layout of the ship’s interior was Radiance in design, though there were several notable differences like the lack of hand bars on the sides of the walls to aid in movement when in zero-g.

The deeper sections of the ship had bodies floating about, many of them charred like the floors and walls around them.

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