Less than zero (RN: Book 1) by David Gunner

Author:David Gunner
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: David Gunner
Published: 2015-06-01T22:00:00+00:00

“With so many enemies focused on her, how did the Manchester survive? That was a big chance to take.”

“The Manchester was a sturdy old bucket and Captain Moore believed she could take it. Where was I? The Skye and Bristol straddled the Manchester to draw some of the lighter fire and help defend her from the fighters. The Koll formed a sphere around us with their heavy ships to the centre-rear, and their colony ships far behind them. They poured such a rate of fire onto the Manchester that we literally couldn’t see her for the dissipation waves. But we worked a plan, split the fire and gradually made ourselves felt. Those missiles of ours that made it through picked at their fringe ships, which must have worried them as they stopped advancing and fell back on their long-range weapons to batter us from a distance. The Manchester took a hell of a beating, and at one point she had seven ships bearing on her. Seven! One hundred and fifty six guns to her sixteen and almost nineteen times her tonnage. I’ve never seen a ship take so much punishment and keep firing. But these were pre-limitation days and our ships were built from sterner stuff. However, none of us could continue to take such abuse for long, so when their fighters destroyed the last colonist ship, we broke away.”

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