Fringe Campaign (Fringe Series Book 3) by Rachel Aukes

Author:Rachel Aukes [Aukes, Rachel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-13T18:30:00+00:00

Two hours later, every juice plant on Terra melted. Critch had expected massive explosions, but evidently Seda had taken more environmentally-friendly measures to disable the plants without firework shows.

Seda made no news announcement, instead waiting to see how Ausyar and Parliament responded. He had sent out a company-wide communication, which stated the plants were being demolished to prevent hostile takeover. Critch liked to think Seda’s employees would’ve done the same thing had they been in his shoes.

The trio waited another two hours before anything happened.

Seda’s comm channel lit up. “Corbin, what do you have?”

“There’s been no change to the CUF formation. There are two warships, four frigates, and twelve destroyers, all in standard orbital formation. But it looks like every gunship and transport that was on Terra’s surface is launching, and they’re not wasting their time returning to the fleet.”

“Expand your scans to include two quadrants out from Terra’s orbit. Keep a close eye on every CUF ship out there, and let me know the moment you see one change course even a tenth of a degree,” Seda said and disconnected the comm.

Hari’s wrist comm chimed, and she read a message. She looked up, startled. “The CUF is evacuating Rebus Station. They’ve relinquished control of the docks and are in the process of departing. My contact says colonists are cheering in the streets, and Dock Control is launching CUF ships as soon as they are boarded. They expect to have the docks cleared within an hour.” She grabbed her chest. “Seda, you did it. We’ve reclaimed Rebus Station!”

Critch grumbled. “Damn. I was itching for a fight.”

“You may get one yet.” Seda steepled his fingers as he eyed Critch and Hari, the high-tech artificial limb nearly identical to his left hand. “I won’t be comfortable until Ausyar and his fleet are at least a million clicks from Terra’s orbit.”

Critch pushed to his feet.

“Where are you headed?” Seda asked.

“There’ll be chaos on the streets, now the CUF is gone. I’m going to lead a team in to help secure the docks. We’ll move in the morning. If Ausyar hasn’t blown Rebus Station to bits by then, we should be in the clear.”

“Maybe, if you’re lucky, you’ll find a couple of droms who didn’t make it off-world,” Seda said with sarcasm.

“Maybe,” Critch replied without a hint of sarcasm.

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