Gott Mit Uns (Terran Strike Marines Book 5) by Richard Fox & Scott Moon

Author:Richard Fox & Scott Moon [Fox, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Triplane Press
Published: 2019-04-13T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Duke controlled his breathing, feeling more tense on the bridge of the Scipio than he would in the middle of a Kesaht-dominated battlefield. The ship had made the Crucible jump without difficulty and dropped the team on Liberty without incident. Lack of direct communications with Hoffman gave him an itch he didn’t like. Running his own operation, like on Koen, was fine. Remaining on a ship while they were mucking around in a twenty-first-century world without their full load-out of gear made him nervous.

Getting onto the Breitenfeld where she had been stashed would be the hardest part. His job was to was make sure Marc Ibarra didn’t mess up and that the famous ship was ready for the admiral when the rest of the team rescued the hero of the Ember War.

“You see there,” Ibarra said. “We’re making progress. I told you I knew what I was doing.”

“I never doubted, you, Mr. Ibarra,” said the Scipio captain, acting as professional as ever despite the strange man’s eccentricities. “I can’t believe they have only a single cruiser to defend this entire system. Very low profile.” She paused. “I wish we could keep better tabs on it. A cruiser could cause a lot of problems for us when we liberate the Breit. We won’t exactly have her at ideal staffing levels.”

“Have a little faith, Captain. Everything’s going according to plan,” Marc said.

Duke wanted a dip so badly, his body ached. The captain of the Scipio, however, had strict rules about nicotine products on the bridge. Something about if her crew needed stimulants, a medic would administer them.

On top of that, Gor’al was watching him. He’d told the Dotari Marine that abstaining from nicotine was just a matter of willpower.

There was no reason for either of them to be on the bridge, but he wanted to see as much as he could of the Breitenfeld before they boarded her.

Duke didn’t get butterflies. Sure, he had nearly pissed his pants a few times, but something about this mission was different. Valdar’s legacy would be chronicled for future generations. Duke didn't want to be forever known as the one who failed the admiral.

He imagined a scene at a future sniper school where the instructor played a video that demonstrated every mistake that led to the mission’s failure and then said, “So remember, class, it’s all about breath control. One shot could have saved humanity, but this sniper, whose name shall never be mentioned again, tensed up at exactly the wrong moment.”

“It’s time for me to play the captain again,” Marc Ibarra said.

The captain of the Scipio nodded reluctantly and vacated the command chair. To the woman’s credit, she managed to appear inconspicuous at one of the navigation terminals. The bridge wasn’t large and was often crowded. Hopefully, the guardians of the system wouldn’t be suspicious.

“Liberty Security One, for unidentified craft, maintain orbit and do not approach. Failure to follow these instructions and you will be fired upon,” said a man whose voice sounded like he’d just woken up—or was on his third pot of coffee.

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