Pursuit: Rise Of Mankind Book 5 by John Walker

Author:John Walker [Walker, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-02-02T00:00:00+00:00

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The Behemoth jumped in shortly after the shuttle but they were quite a ways from the nearest early warning system. Even at full magnification, the pirate planet was barely more than a marble size. Gray watched the reports coming in, paying most attention to Olly’s concerning the shuttle. They picked it up and it plunged toward the planet right on schedule.

Good luck, guys. Gray turned to Adam and showed him the information. The commander nodded and went back to his duties. They’d give the undercover crew five hours to accomplish their mission before informing the alliance about the location of the base. After that, they’d have to get out of there before a battleship showed up to put these thieves down.

“Sir?” Agatha turned in her seat to address him. “I’m picking up a message leaving the ship from tech lab seven.”

Gray frowned, trying to think of who might be down there. He looked at Adam but the man shrugged. “What’s it say, Ensign?”

“It’s a warning…” Agatha’s eyes widened. “Sir, someone is sending a message back to the kielan home world giving the coordinates of the planet!”

“What?” Gray stood. “Who?”

“It…it appears to be one of the kielans!”

“Damn it!”

“I’m not surprised,” Adam said. “They have people to answer to as well. We can’t expect them to keep quiet about something their people have been looking for. Especially since our reason for making them wait is all based on hope. We don’t have actionable intel, sir. They’re just taking advantage of a situation.”

“Put me through to alliance command,” Gray said. “Hurry.”

“Um…but we’re far away…”

“They figured it out,” Gray interrupted. “Ask them how if you have to.”

Agatha worked for a few moments, finally shaking her head. “I don’t know precisely how they did it, but you’re patched in through some kind of faster than light anomaly. The delay is only a few seconds!”

“That would’ve been nice of them to share,” Adam muttered.

Gray ignored him, directing his comments to the kielans. “This is Captain Atwell of the Behemoth. Please note that we are conducting an undercover operation in this sector and cannot risk our people. Hold off on an attack until we let you know when. Believe us, we do not want these pirates running free but we have to get something from them first. Please respond.”

The delay made Gray want to pace but he forced himself to stand still, finding some patience. When finally a voice piped through, he cursed under his breath. He anticipated the answer but he didn’t like it regardless.

“Behemoth, this is alliance high command. Please note we will be preparing an offensive party which will take us approximately two hours. At that time, we will launch an all out attack on the pirate base. Have your operatives finish their business inside of three hours to avoid becoming casualties of this conflict. Alliance command out.”

“Well, that’s that,” Adam said. “How’re we going to tell them?”

Gray sat down, staring at the floor in thought. “First off, cut those kielans off from any external communications.

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