Raven's Course (Peacekeepers of Sol Book 3) by Glynn Stewart

Author:Glynn Stewart [Stewart, Glynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Faolan's Pen Publishing
Published: 2020-11-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Five

Raven’s shuttlebay was a buzzing hive of activity when Sylvia reached it. She had sent a full suitcase of personal effects on ahead, but she’d thought only one shuttle was heading over to Carpenter.

Instead, it looked like at least three were being prepped—the three she recognized as having gravity shields.

“That seems excessive,” she noted aloud.

“Sixteen GroundDiv troopers, full armor for the same, supplies for twenty-some humans for a week, and making sure the ambassador has an escape route if everything goes wrong,” Henry Wong said from behind her.

She turned to find the captain standing by the door, watching the activity with a small smile. He was in his working uniform—black slacks and the white-necked black turtleneck of his rank—and he raised a sardonic eyebrow at her.

“You didn’t expect us to leave your security in the hands of the La-Tar Cluster, did you?” he asked. “Thompson’s been coordinating with Em Leitz for a bit. If the Voice is bringing sixteen guards, we’re sending you with sixteen guards.”

“And Rising Principle?” she asked drily.

“Rising Principle has eighty of La-Tar’s elite commandos aboard Carpenter,” Wong pointed out. “The same terrifyingly dangerous people who captured surface-to-orbit weapon installations and turned them on the Kozun for us.

“I’m not concerned about or responsible for the La-Tar ambassador’s security,” he concluded. “I am concerned about and responsible for your security, Em Ambassador.”

Sylvia chuckled. Something about his concern warmed her heart, though she suspected she was reading far too much into his professional façade.

“The concern and the escort are appreciated, Henry,” she told him. “Anything I should be watching for?”

“Thompson is in direct command of your escort,” he said, his voice suddenly coldly serious. “He’s carrying a high-powered encrypted transmitter with frequency-shifting codes and everything we could think of. It should penetrate any jamming or security to at least send an SOS. We’ve coordinated hourly check-ins with Carpenter’s command crew, but I want you to check in as often as you can as well.

“We’ll have at least a company of GroundDiv on standby at all times, and both Glorious and Raven will be remaining at Status Two at all times.” He shrugged. “Everybody has their shields up, so no one is complaining about mine.”

“Skip drones?” she asked.

“Standard twelve-hour update sequence for Zion is already programmed in,” he told her. “Full telemetry downloads under our best encryption. Every update we get from you will be automatically downloaded to the drones, and everything is fired off back to the Alliance twice a day.”

“Everything so far looks aboveboard,” she said. “We might actually manage to negotiate a peace treaty here.”

“I hope so,” he agreed. “I’m concerned for your safety, Sylvia,” he admitted. “I don’t like you being on the most vulnerable ship here.”

“I suspect that Star Voice Kalad is even less happy about having one of her religious leaders on that ship,” Sylvia pointed out. “It’s an equality of dissatisfaction, Henry. That was the point.”

“I know. I don’t like it,” he repeated.

“My dear Captain, be careful,” she warned him with a chuckle.

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