No Technology is Invincible (The Death Prophecies-Book Four 4) by Saxon Andrew

Author:Saxon Andrew [Andrew, Saxon]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: 1
Published: 2016-04-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

“Gabe, I don’t have much time. The Darkness towers have arrived and are closing the black hole as I’m recording this message. I’ve included a recording of the conversation that Admiral Connor had with Levi and that will clarify what’s going on. We’ve been ordered away from the black hole. You are in my prayers and I’m so sorry.”

Gabe listened to the message and looked at Gabby, “Put Admiral Connor’s conversation on the main monitor.” He leaned back and listened to what was said and after it ended he leaned back in his chair and started tapping his foot.

Gabby looked at him, “We’re trapped here.”

Ali shrugged, “I must say that you military types lead a very exciting life.”

Gabby looked at him, “You’re trapped here as well!”

Ali shrugged and Gabe looked at them, “Admiral Connor had no choice but to back off.”

Gabby was clearly upset, “WHY?!”

Gabe pointed at the plaque over the main monitor, “Death Prophecy number one says that no enemy should be confronted until it is absolutely unavoidable. He had to consider the risk to millions of our warships against the loss of a single ship…ours.”

“YOU COULD AT LEAST PRETEND YOU’RE ANGRY!”

“I’m furious more than you can guess, Gabby, but I would have done the same thing if I were in his place. However, we are going to complete our mission.”

“Why?”

“Because that’s our purpose in being here. We’re just not going to have the support of our fleets to protect us. Poul, we no longer have a time restriction on doing this. The black hole is closed so let’s think about our situation. Are you sure you thought of every possible place where one of your ancient warships might be located?”

“Let me go back into the data that was originally stored in my processors. I moved it to a different location and I’ll need to restore it before I can offer you another place to search.”

Gabe nodded and looked at Gabby and Ali, “I’m powering down our systems including environmental. Use your armor to provide atmosphere and water.”

Gabe began pressing buttons and the lights on the ship started going out. He felt his anger but refused to give into it. He understood why Levi had taken the steps to close the black hole in the Milky Way but understanding it did not make him forgive him for doing it. There was going to be a price for this and he was going to make sure the Darkness paid it.

He sat in his chair and focused on how to make that happen. After an hour, he looked at Ali, “Your armor activated faster than any device I’ve ever seen.”

Ali turned his head toward Gabe, “I developed a switch that operates in milliseconds.”

“Does the switch controlling the firing of our missiles operate as fast?”

“No.”

“I believe that switch is more important for the missiles than for the armor.”

“Why is that?”

“How long does it take for our launchers to fire a missile?”

Ali thought for a moment and Gabby said, “Two tenths of a second.

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