Of Dog, Volpir and Man: An Out of Cruel Space Story by Eric Wesson

Author:Eric Wesson [Wesson, Eric]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-31T23:00:00+00:00

27

Sylindra

"Syl! Over here! I got us good seats!"

Syl walks through the hangar bay briskly, heading towards the familiar voice of Sharon Graves by her hearing alone. The throng of people was getting large, and cargo pods were being pressed into service as bleachers.

For the Skipper's family however, ring side seats had been reserved, and some nice chairs had been fetched by someone or another for any of the pregnant wives that decided to attend a battle that would see a new wife joining their ranks.

Syl chuckles to herself as she takes her seat, idly noting that Sharon had included herself in the clan seating for the Captain's family. To sit with Syl and her other close friends of course. Sharon had gotten close with Evie and Wichen as well... but Syl couldn't help but wonder if there was something more to it.

The vulpine alien quickly sets the intriguing mystery of Sharon 'Zombie' Graves aside and turns to the more pressing matter at hand. Their new sister wife. For someone with the sobriquet of Gutripper, Syl had been expecting a barely restrained animal that she'd have to rely on Jaruna to put into her place if not just outright rejecting the other woman's request to join their marriage.

Jerry had been no help there, studiously refusing to say anything about Ghorza save what was in her profile from Intelligence and that she'd requested a marriage interview with Syl. Jerry hadn't wanted to color his first wife's opinion of her possible new sister.

This choice had been vindicated somewhat, as Syl had been very surprised for all her apprehension. Ghorza had been a perfect lady and highly amusing in the interview. The warrior woman didn't lack charm that was for sure. And being able to conduct herself in such a dignified manner pleased Syl greatly. She had a slightly higher standard for the family she had found herself matriarch of than some pirate rabble.

She mentally ticks off all the boxes in Ghorza's life story.

Born to an actual warrior house on the Horchka homeworld, but one that was in disgrace and dropping rapidly. Ghorza had barely managed to maintain her family's status by becoming a mercenary, and even that had been close. Ghorza had moved between a few more professional mercenary companies, Horchka lead war bands and a Cannidor merc clan that Jaruna had spoken highly of before she'd started rallying her own unit.

She'd gone home, struck her name from her clan's records then stuck up her banner in the slums, pulling women and girls in similar circumstances and giving them a chance to at least die gloriously if not earn some coin and get a modicum of honor back on their names.

While she maintained a lot of the traditions of the Horchka warrior culture, her unit was strictly modern and professional. Just as likely to turn up in well tailored suits with concealed armor as they were to turn up in power armor or full battle rattle.

All tallied up Ghorza had over sixty years of combat and command experience, having just undergone her first healing coma.

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