Forged in Battle (Jack Forge, Fleet Marine Book 5) by James David Victor

Author:James David Victor [Victor, James David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing
Published: 2018-04-04T22:00:00+00:00

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The Scorpio reached the coordinates for the rendezvous three seconds behind the rest of the carrier group. Group Captain Li appeared on the holostage in front of Pretorius.

“The group will accelerate to flank speed. The Leviathan probably knows we’re coming. Get into firing range and hit it with everything you’ve got. Li out.”

Pretorius tugged his cuffs. “Flank speed. Target that Leviathan and standby for action.”

Pretorius turned to Griff who was standing at the holostage reviewing his battalion’s deployment patterns.

“Is the battalion ready for action, Harry?”

“Marines are always ready. Let’s hope the Chitins aren’t.”

The Scorpio took position on the starboard side of the Monarch. The holoimage showed the deployment pattern with the Aries on the port side and the Pisces holding position a kilometer above the upper hull of the Monarch. The frigates and corvettes spread out in an arc at the rear, five hundred kilometers away.

“Thirty seconds to weapons range,” Pretorius said studying the holoimage. “Launch the combat drones now.”

The holoimage showed the launch of the drones, each one represented by a single red dot. A similar pattern appeared around the other destroyers as they launched their drones. The flight of drones accelerated away from the group and toward the Leviathan.

“it’s just sitting there,” Griff said. “It must be badly damaged. Maybe it’s dead,” Griff said.

Pretorius watched the Monarch, waiting for Li to make her move. Then Pretorius saw the flashes of blue from the sides of the massive carrier as the fighters were launched.

“There go the blades,” Griff said as the fighters curved toward the motionless Chitin Leviathan. “Good hunting,” Griff said. “It looks like we’ve got this one in the bag,” he said.

“Fire all weapons,” Pretorius said as the Scorpio closed in on the Leviathan. “Maintain speed.”

The combat drones closed in, only a few seconds from detonation. The Scorpio’s high energy laser lit up at the same moment the lasers on the Aries and Pisces. The three high energy laser batteries on the upper hull of the Monarch fired into the Chitin craft a moment later. All beams slamming into the Leviathan.

Griff punched the air. “Get it,” he said triumphantly.

An image of Group Captain Gregor Wellard of the Overlord carrier group appeared on the holostage.

“Attention, Monarch group. Overlord group incoming. I didn’t think you mind us joining you for the kill.”

The Overlord group was marked on the edge of the holostage. Pretorius could see they were ten minutes away.

“They’ll never get here in time,” Griff said. “It’ll all be over by then.”

Pretorius watched as the combat drones detonated, their antimatter reactions presented as boiling balls of green fire on the holostage

Li appeared on the holostage. “All ships, delta attack formation. Finish that Chit off.”

Pretorius nodded at Chou who initiated the delta maneuver, where all ships positioned themselves at four points around the target.

Then Pretorius saw the image of the Leviathan shimmer. It looked like a hologlitch but Pretorius knew his holostage was in good condition. The data from the Leviathan was correct. This was no shadow image. The

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