Harbinger by Ken Lozito

Author:Ken Lozito [Lozito, Ken]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781945223327
Publisher: Acoustical Books LLC
Published: 2019-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

17

“I just heard the news,” Samson said.

Connor had left the main administration building at the CDF base in Sanctuary only moments earlier. “Good. Have the 7th assemble so we can be underway ASAP.”

“Oh, we’ll be ready, but I have a couple of concerns,” Samson said, matching his pace with Connor’s.

Connor checked the status of the message he’d sent to Dash, and it had been received. One less thing to worry about. He looked at Samson. “We were bound to succeed, sooner or later.”

Since they hadn’t gotten any help from the Ovarrow, Connor was determined to get the intel he needed from the Krake by finding one of their worlds. They needed to find out more about them, but more importantly, they needed to find out what the enemy knew about the colonists. Connor had converted a CDF storage facility located over a hundred kilometers from Sanctuary into a working compound for the purpose of utilizing an archway to find a Krake world. The concept was simple. They were using the data they’d gotten from the Krake forward operating base, starting with the coordinates taken from that facility. However, the task had proven to be a lot more complicated than that.

“Since we’re only bringing one platoon for the scouting mission, we shouldn’t bring the Ovarrow with us,” Samson said.

“Why is that?” Connor asked. He didn’t want to make any assumptions.

“They’re an unknown quantity. They’ve had some combat training, but it’ll be dangerous for them. We're already bringing one civilian with us, and honestly, it’s one too many,” Samson said.

“Dash has a skill set that we don’t have in the CDF. He’s a specialist, and that’s why he’s coming with us. Having some of the Ovarrow will help speed the process along,” Connor replied.

“Yeah, but do we need to bring all six of them? Why can’t we just bring Cerot?” Samson said.

“Because Cerot is the warlord’s First. He’s second-in-command of their military. He’ll insist that he bring some kind of protection, and he would be right to do so.”

“I understand that, but this is our operation. He doesn’t have to come.”

“It’s essential that he comes with us. We need somebody who can speak the language. And right now, Cerot and the others have agreed to help us,” Connor said, silencing Samson with a gesture. “Now hold on a minute. I agree we don’t need to bring all six of them. We’ll probably bring only three—Cerot and whoever he chooses to bring with him. They’re professional soldiers, albeit they’re not us. They did fine when we went to the city.”

Samson tried to think of an argument but couldn’t. Things could rapidly spiral out of control, and they'd be cut off from New Earth. They’d spent the last few days strategizing on how to deal with that, which included a bunch of secondary protocols in the event that unforeseen circumstances occurred. Samson was aware of it. He was minimizing the potential impact of things outside his control, which included the Ovarrow. He was doing his job, and Connor couldn’t be frustrated with that.

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