Offensive: Rise Of Mankind Book 9 by John Walker

Author:John Walker [Walker, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi
Published: 2017-09-10T06:00:00+00:00

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Alma killed her primary engine and engaged the top thrusters, dropping straight down some distance. Enemy fighters flew over her, unable to respond as quickly to the maneuver to keep a bead on her. Once she bought some distance from the general dogfight, she jammed the throttle forward and was pressed into her seat as the ship lurched into high speed.

“I’m coming around to catch them from the rear,” she announced. “I’ve got a count of ten total.”

“Nine,” Tular replied. “And I think Rahan…yeah, we’re at eight.”

Alma smirked. If I take my time, my companions might finish them all off. “Save at least one for me.”

“No promises,” Rahan said. “Whoa!”

Alma craned her neck to see what caused him to exclaim and watched him perform a wild climb to avoid a missile. It flew long and popped well outside the skirmish area. She turned and zeroed in on the next ship, her computer beeping as it attempted to lock on. So much went on around her, she had to fight not to be distracted, to focus on the task at hand.

A long tone sounded and she depressed the trigger, deploying a rapid fire pulse blast into the enemy’s tail. His ship spun as if he tried to perform an evasive maneuver then exploded in a spectacular fashion, purple and blue globes of fire winking out only a moment later. She dodged to the side of the wreckage and entered the fray.

“Alma,” a voice outside her unit filled her cockpit. “This is Pointer. How’re you doing?”

“Well enough to help you if you need it,” Alma replied. She dodged an attack, fired at an enemy, missed and was forced to disengage or collide with them. They’d both need to reposition if they wanted to continue their dogfight. “What’s the situation?”

“The enemy’s sending out bombers. We’ve got a full wing on scans and they’re going for the Behemoth. Keep an eye out in case they pull the same nonsense on The Crystal Font.”

“Understood. I appreciate the notification.” Alma checked her scanner, noting they only had four more fighters to contend with. “I’ll let my people know. Good luck.” She switched back over to her general com. “The enemy has launched bombers. We’ll need to be cautious and mindful. If they decide to go for the Font…”

A vision popped in her head of what happened to Hilot when they engaged a bomber’s ordinance. We can’t make that same mistake. “It would be good to stop them before they launch anything too. If at all possible.”

“Let home tell us their problems,” Rahan said. “I’ve got a few of my own. Can you get this guy off my tail?”

Alma grunted, adjusting her course. “On my way. Hold on.” Regardless of what happened next, Rahan was right. The present battle was more pressing than the future one. She got her head back in the game and moved to conclude their business with the enemy fighters.

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