Leonidas by Aer-ki Jyr

Author:Aer-ki Jyr [Jyr, Aer-ki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Archon Lore
Published: 2016-01-21T00:00:00+00:00

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October 20, 3574

Unknown System (Crusade front)

Inner Zone

Aaron’s three ships came out of their jump into one of the systems known to be controlled by the Protovic, braking hard to avoid low stellar orbit and immediately glad they did as Aaron saw from the bridge of the cargo ship the immense Skarron fleet choking off the bottom end of the jumplane.

“Well shit,” another Archon mumbled beside him as some dozen of them from his training group had come up to observe their destination and find out what these new Protovic were like, but no one had expected this system to be under attack. “They moved fast.”

“That fleet is insane,” the Captain of the jumpship mentioned.

“I’d guess they’re not getting much resistance,” Aaron agreed, “and that’s why they’re here sooner than anticipated.”

“Or have more fleets available,” a titan chimed in.

“That too. What are we getting on the two planets?”

“Vislight indicates Skarron fleets over both.”

“Is there anyone left?”

“We need a closer look,” the analyst said, having next to no information to work with so far away other than what amounted to telescope imagery.

“What do think they’ll do when they find us here?” the Captain asked.

Aaron raised an eyebrow. “Our ship hulls are almost identical to what they fought in the past, so I’d be surprised if they didn’t identify us. Given how many ships they have here…”

“At least 2 million,” the sensor officer chimed in.

“…I think they’ll be extremely territorial in mindset and try to chase us down. They won’t be able to catch us, right…” he said, looking at the Captain.

“Not unless you want us to loiter, no. Our engine capacity far exceeds theirs.”

“We’re not going to, but we are going to see what the status of those two planets are. Bring us in close but keep us moving at all times.”

“In concert?”

“One warship with us, the other to the other planet.”

“Shall I give the order?”

“Unless we start shooting, I’m playing spectator,” Aaron said, referencing the seldom-used command nexus build into the side of the bridge. Most Star Force jumpships had them as standard design, but on a cargo ship without Archons they almost never found use.

“Do you have a preference?” the Captain asked as he began pressing buttons on his command chair.

“The green one.”

“Helm, new coordinates,” the Captain said, shooting him an approach vector that the pilot would tweak to his own satisfaction before implementing. “Let’s get moving.”

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