Salvage Title by Keven Steverson

Author:Keven Steverson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: alien invasion exploration war, troop armor marine soldier, empire republic exploration, men's adventure, mech mecha mechs, contact fleet starship military, colonization action adventure
Publisher: Theogony Books
Published: 2020-03-04T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Salvage Title exited the gate into a system with just six planets orbiting its light orange sun. It was five hours from the gate to the space port where Harmon was going to meet Tachell. Jayneen turned the ship and slowed it down as it came into the system. They had entered the gate at a slow rate of speed so it wouldn’t take too much time to slow and stop the battlecruiser well away from the space port.

Harmon eased the Zax out of the Hauler into the bay. Once the deal was done, Clip was going to disconnect the AI from the battlecruiser and wait for Harmon to come back and land the Zax. She definitely wasn’t going with the ship.

He eased the Zax out of the battlecruiser’s bay and turned it toward the port. He kicked in the thrust and shot away, feeling little of the G-forces. The suit he had purchased to help reduce the effects of high-G was working fine. It was credits well spent.

“Be careful, man; I still don’t like this whole arrangement,” said Clip over the comms. “It seems to me this Krift could have met us in a neutral system. Like, maybe a system where she is not in charge of its defense. Everything I’ve read about this system has not been good. The only thing the net has that’s good to say about this place is that the main export is pretty good in a glass of tea, for what that’s worth.”

“I’ll be fine,” Harmon answered back.

Harmon was ten minutes from the port when he noticed a large ship back away from it and turn toward him on his sensor. Three other ships pulled away shortly after, leaving no ships docked to the port at all. Something funny was going on. He eased off the thrusters and called back to the battlecruiser.

“Hey Clip, do you see this?” Harmon asked.

“We see it. It looks like a welcoming party. What do you want to do? We’re two hours from the port and three hours from the gate. We are also at a dead stop, but it wouldn’t take too long to pick up some speed,” Clip said

“I’m turning back now. Frost!” Harmon said, turning the fighter back toward the battlecruiser.

“Do not make me destroy you,” a translated voice said over the comm. “Turn around and dock at the port. I will have that ship. You cannot escape through the gate in time; I will fire upon the battlecruiser. You yourself told me there is a skeleton crew. You cannot fight the ship.”

Harmon kicked in the thrusters in an attempt to get away. The big ship was eight minutes behind him and picking up speed. He glanced at his sensor and saw two missiles separate from the ship and streak toward him. The missiles would catch him. They were not piloted, and G-forces were irrelevant. They were gaining.

“They just fired missiles!” Clip screamed over the comm.

“I know, I see them. Not so loud, you almost burst my eardrums.

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