Runaway by Richard A. Merk

Author:Richard A. Merk
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Inimitably Superfluous
Published: 2011-01-02T23:32:19.781000+00:00

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05 - Search and Rescue

Garek Loran’s Personal Log.

Women… What the hell’s wrong with them? Who would’ve thought that being in love could be so hard? The problem is, how does Kim feel? If the one you love doesn’t understand she’s the only one in your mind all the time, then where does that leave you? I don’t know.

End Log.

Garek sat back in his chair and pushed the computer terminal screen down into the desk. He looked out into space momentarily and then shook his head as if reorienting himself back to the real world. Garek had searched the entire starbase after Kim’s disappearance. He had finally given up, and headed back to his office in Engineering to clear his mind. The time was now 0800 hours, and he had been on shift for what appeared to be ages.

Commander Loran to Command please, the intercom announced.

“On my way,” Garek replied. He slowly rose from his seat, rubbing his eyes.

Minutes later, the lift dumped him onto the mighty starbase’s expansive Operations Command Center.

On seeing the Engineer, the petty officer sitting at Operations brought up some data on a view screen. “Sir, we had an unauthorized launch at approximately 0645 this morning.”

“Why wasn’t I notified sooner?” Garek asked.

“I apologize, sir. I just discovered this now. The ship was able to hide its warp signature by piggy-backing on a freighter that left at the same time.” The petty officer shifted in his seat uneasily, feeling he had failed and his career was on the line.

“Have you been able to identify the ship that left?”

“That’s affirmative.” He slid in his chair along the fixed rail on the floor to the right side control panel. The ship was a YF-6100 starfighter designated NX-6105.” He looked up at Garek who was standing behind his seat.

That’s the Manticore’s registry. That’s Kim! was all Garek could think. He stood quietly, mentally calculating if he would be able to locate a fighter with an hour-and-fifteen-minute head start. Coming to a decision, he dashed back into the turbolift and disappeared.

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