Fall Into the Night by P. A. Brown

Author:P. A. Brown [Brown, P. A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781602727137
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Publisher: Amber Quill Press
Published: 2010-01-01T07:00:00+00:00

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The bridge hummed with quiet activity. The Necromancer approached the Terran sun, instruments scanning the narrow habitable zone around the G2 star. Pakal pushed them at peak velocity, not wanting to spend weeks just getting in. To hell with fuel. They had enough to get in and out, after that, he didn’t care if they had to refuel at the first station outside of Jump. Let Selhdun pay the premium. Once they found the ancient human home, he hoped to convince Selhdun of a quick flyby, then return to Autarch 283

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space. All they needed for their claim was proof of existence. A flyby gave them that. Let someone else risk exploration. They’d have enough to set the whole, damned Autarch spinning on its complacent, corrupt ear. Pakal had to wonder if the Suzerain would thank them for the trouble.

Surely Selhdun wouldn’t expect to send a shuttle down?

Only, Pakal had no idea what Selhdun would do these days. He wasn’t even sure Selhdun knew, half the time.

“Pakal,” Nikoli said. “The ’Tech channel is registering increased activity.”

“Put it on,” Pakal said.

They all listened to the loud hiss fill the room.

“Can you pinpoint a direction?” Pakal asked. “Does it come from the ship behind us, or somewhere else? Trace where the transmissions originate. Perhaps they will provide a shortcut for us.

It is hard to believe that Terra itself is free of those things. We will use their own signals to find them.”

Nikoli shrugged. “I can triangulate it. That ought to give us a place to look.”

“Lyssra, can you and Kaari take care of that? I want Nikoli to help me,” he said.

Lyssra moved over to take Nikoli’s place. “Yes, Captain—”

“No,” Pakal said, meeting her gaze briefly then looking away.

“Not Captain. Just Pakal.”

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