Homeworld (Odyssey One) by Currie Evan

Author:Currie, Evan [Currie, Evan]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Publisher: 47North
Published: 2013-09-09T21:00:00+00:00

Imperial Destroyer Demigod

There was one thing more frustrating than anything else in space, particularly when it came to combat, at least in Ivanth’s opinion. That thing was the utterly slow rate at which light traveled. Photons took so long to cross the distances a space traveler had to deal with that it could be enough to drive a man who normally processed light as the fastest thing in the universe to madness.

On the screens he was watching the enemy ship simply annihilate another four of the drone ships, destroying them with an ease that sent shivers down his spine.

Unreal. Destroyers of the Empire would have difficulty defeating the drone ships four on one. Why have we never found even a whisper of these people before? They cannot have come from nowhere. Someone must have more information on them.

He was still pondering that impossibility when Ivanth was distracted by a distressed call from behind him. He looked over his shoulder, irritated.

“What is wrong?” he snarled, turning fully around.

“It’s the drone ships, Commander! They’re refusing orders!”

“What?” Ivanth snapped, striding quickly to the station. “You must have done something wrong.”

“No, Commander, I swear. I’ve followed every protocol,” the clearly panicking man stammered out. “The drones began behaving oddly a short while ago. Now they’re completely disregarding all signals from us.”

“This is impossible,” Ivanth gritted out. “I’ve reviewed the instinct locks myself. They’re unbreakable.”

The man, likely showing wisdom beyond his years, remained silent at that proclamation.

Ivanth, however, wasn’t paying attention even if he had chosen to speak. Instead the Commander pushed the younger technician out of his place and furiously worked his way through the systems.

“This doesn’t make any sense. Nothing is working,” he growled, eyes flickering to the display that was still working properly, the one that showed the locations of the drone ships. “At least they’re not coming toward us or the Immortal.”

“Y-yes, Commander.”

Ivanth ignored the stammering man, focusing on the task. The only good thing about the entire situation was that the drones were clearly heading right where he was going to order them to go anyway. The fact that they were doing so without orders however was even more frightening than anything that the enemy ship had accomplished.

“Contact the Immortal,” Ivanth gritted out as he straightened from the station. “Order them to fall back. And we’d best do so as well. We don’t want those things turning on us.”

“Yes, Commander.”

That was an order that he had no doubt would be obeyed with alacrity and enthusiasm. No one in the empire, least of all those tasked with controlling the infernal beasts, wanted to be anywhere near one that wasn’t fully tamed.

Ivanth cast one final look at the system they’d been monitoring, scowling at the brightly shining vessel currently swatting the drone fighters left by one of the doomed ships. He doubted that it would stand long against the remnants of his drone fleet. There were still almost thirty ships.

Four on one was one thing. Thirty to one?

Something far, far different.

I would

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