Firestorm by D. J. Holmes

Author:D. J. Holmes [Holmes, D. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-21T22:00:00+00:00

“Thank you, Edwards,” James said. “Signal the flagship, let Admiral Cunningham know that our squadron is ready to depart.”

“The flagship has acknowledged our signal,” Edwards informed him moments later.

It was ten minutes before the order finally came. Just seconds after the message was transmitted from Victory, ninety warships accelerated out of their orbital positions around Utah. James watched the movements of his squadron closely, they were all keeping good station with Titan, yet he didn’t want to leave anything to chance. This was the first time a squadron under his official command was leaving on a mission. In the back of his mind he felt like smiling, this was something he had hoped for, for years. Even so, as he looked beyond his squadron and at the rest of the British ships, he couldn’t help but feel concerned. In his first experience of war with the Chinese, or in the battles he had fought against the Vestarians and then against the Indian fleet, the strength of the ships that Cunningham had under his command would have been impressive. Now, compared to the number of alien warships that the scouts were reporting closing in on the American space, ninety ships seemed like a small flotilla.

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