Renegade: A Space Opera Harem Adventure (The Lost Fleet Book 4) by Sarah Hawke

Author:Sarah Hawke [Hawke, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3, mobi, pdf
Publisher: Jade Fantasy
Published: 2023-10-22T16:00:00+00:00

Vrisk and his teams proved even more efficient than I’d hoped. In three hours, well short of the Kali engineer’s original estimate, they had extracted everything they could get from the base’s computers. Combined with the bits of tech the salvage drones had recovered, we’d earned one hell of a haul.

We couldn’t know for certain if any of the information was useful yet, naturally, since it would take the decryption team time to unscramble everything before we could hand it over to Miranda for analysis. But the important part was that we’d gotten the proverbial ball rolling, and for the first time since I’d accepted this mission, we were finally making real progress.

The teams came back aboard in short order, and I recalled the Valkyries to the hangar once everything was secure. As the astral drive spun up, I kept expecting a fleet of Dowd warships—or maybe even the Fist of the Seraph itself—to shift into the system and start firing at us. But fate blessed us once again, and we left the system without any trouble at all.

“I need to prepare a message for Lochlan and the Security Council letting them know we’re back on the trail,” I said to my first officer once we were safe in astral space. “Ideally, the Pact can have a strike force ready to go the moment we get a solid lead.”

“I will inform the Executrix,” Velarys said, “and suggest that she spare a few ships to aid the strike force. That is, assuming the Pact will allow Yarasi ships to participate.”

“I’d be more worried about your people being willing to send the ships,“ I pointed out. “Your forces must be spread pretty thin defending your own outposts.”

“Yes. But I will make the request nonetheless.”

I would certainly welcome the aid of Yarasi ships—even one or two would make a huge difference in any engagement. And with Lochlan physically stationed at Kenabrius, she might be able to pressure the Yarasi Councilor, Naralys, into providing more aid.

But then again, she might not. The Yarasi were a cautious people by nature; they would defend every outpost and planet in their space with equal vigor. It was an admirable quality, though often a strategically foolish one. Wars required sacrifices, there was simply no way around it.

And on the Pact side…well, old rivalries died hard. I couldn’t exactly blame them for not wanting even more cloaked ships roaming around their space. We just had to hope that the Pact leadership would understand the value of fast, durable Yarasi vessels.

“Do what you can,” I said. “With any luck, the good news will inspire everyone to take action.”

Standing, I panned my gaze across the bridge and gave the crew a long look. Hebeska and Miranda were already down in the science lab, but everyone else was here.

“Excellent job, everyone,” I said, and meant it. “Captain Ellis would be proud. What’s our ETA to New Krosis?”

“Twenty-three hours, sir,” Reyes said.

“Good. You have the bridge, Commander.”

I headed into my office and sat down to record my message for Lochlan.

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