Legend of Dreamwalker (The Hunter Imperium Book 5) by Ellis Timothy

Author:Ellis, Timothy [Ellis, Timothy]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2019-07-13T16:00:00+00:00

Twenty Three

It turned out we did go the wrong way around.

Too late to change course, a three found an inhabited planet in the fourth orbital slot, on the other side of the sun from where we were. It had ships in orbit, but Blossom had kept on the edge of sensor range to avoid being detected, so we didn’t know what they were beyond being tree shaped.

The afternoon simulator session was cut short, and everyone was advised to get some rest. I rested in my command chair on the bridge, impatiently waiting for us to swing around the sun and find out what we faced. Rockmonster joined me, since even she admitted she was in no condition to fly, and sat in the chair immediately behind where our mage usually sat.

Two hours out, pilots rested, and me not showing just how badly I was climbing the walls inside, we finally had sensor resolution enough to determine the ships were all transports. Not long after, they began moving out of orbit, towards the other side of a moon, as if trying to hide from us.

Too late they figured out they’d been seen, and tried to run. I pushed Claymore up to combat speed, and we overtook them fairly quickly. By then, the pilots were in their ships ready to launch, but as things turned out, no-one had to.

Shenaid joined us just before the fun started, looking surprised to find a cadet pilot on the bridge with us. I made introductions, since they hadn't met before. At the last minute, I made a show of buckling up, and the ladies followed suit.

“This is Dreamwalker to destroyer and corvette pilots. No-one launches. We’ll take these plants as a single ship. All turrets are released to independent fire, and as I fight the ship, feel free to fire as you bear with your front armaments. Fighters, stand by.”

I deliberately didn’t listen to the grumbles on the all squadron channel, but Rockmonster obviously was, as she was grinning madly. I ignored her too.

Just out of titan range, I stepped up to combat mode, and looked the ships over. They had minimal defenses, no real offensive capability, and would be no real challenge if I sent Rockmonster out on her own. But the thing which did interest me was they were troop transports rather than freighters, and had a similar design to what I’d said we ought to have, if on a smaller scale. They were cruiser size, theirs not ours, and had six large launch tubes on each side, which I realized would take the size of ship I’d seen down on the planet when I’d dropped with team one that time. I stepped down again, and looked at Jane.

“Should we try and get them to surrender?”

“No point.”

“Why not?”

“They normally don’t answer. Jon keeps trying though.”

“And when they do answer?”

“They more or less ask why they should surrender to their food.”

“And then ignore you?”

“Yes.”

“How hard would it be to capture them?”

“How many?”

“All of them?”

“Why?”

I sighed.

“To

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