Shadows_In_The_Sky by Shadows in the Sky (mobi)

Author:Shadows in the Sky (mobi)
Language: eng
Format: mobi

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The trip to New Croatia was relatively uneventful and very refreshing. The great part of the McCollack was that they were the most laid back people I’d ever met, other than bar bums and ranch hands on Sh’in. Their philosophy of life demanded a high amount of personal excellence without imposing that on others. The end result was a culture of people that were useful in a fight, savvy in business, and great fun to be around.

“HMS Relentless to HMS Vermillion, prepare for immediate release.”

I watched the sensor feed from the Relentless; the moment they dropped us the information would cut out and our own would kick in. “Confirmed Relentless, we are locked tight and ready for launch. Fire when ready.”

“Good luck Vermillion.” Captain Mason’s voice came over the connection.

“Thanks,” I said. “Happy hunting.”

In another moment of disorienting gravity shift the Relentless dropped us and all hell broke loose. “I’m tracking three hundred and seventeen bogies!” Suzie shouted. Somehow through all the chaos I noticed the fact that she pronounced bo-gyys.

“Only target the ones that target us,” I said. “Don’t draw any attention; the Military will take on the rest.”

“Right!” she yelled.

“How’re you doing back there?” I asked back at the advisor who was strapped into the compartment just behind the cockpit and looking green. He didn’t puke, so I took that as ‘I’m fine, how are you?’

There were more ‘Tal ships than I’d expected at the drop point, but then again I’d never really been in a battle against several Juggernaut class warships. It wasn’t the capital ships that were making it hard; it was the support ships and gunship fighters. Validating my thoughts, a small warship shot in front of us, pivoted, and let loose a stream of kinetic weapons. The superheated particles hit the ship’s shields in a brilliant display of blue and red.

The good news was that they had just put themselves in the path of my main cannons; the bad news was that they were twice our size. “Fire!” I shouted needlessly as Suzie was already squeezing off an endless stream of plasma shells at the attacking ship. I activated the Vermillion’s weapons and after the flare caused the cockpit’s light shield to engage, the holo-display activated instantly, preventing us from going blind in the fight.

“They’re peeling off,” Suzie said, firing another volley at a portion of the vessel that looked important.

“Keep on them,” I said. “Take them down if you can. There is no reason to let them live when we don’t have to.”

The comm. flashed to life. “Proceed to target, Vermillion, we’ll take it from here.” I punched the ship’s accelerators as a flight of peregrine fighters sent several missiles into the crippled Tarin’Tal ship and buzzed us protectively. Peeling back, the fighters distracted two gunships that had decided we looked tasty. They were Ishikawan craft and used their superior maneuverability to devastating advantage. In a brilliant display of special geography, they fired thrusters at odd angles and unleashed streams of gatling fire. The result was a cloud of debris, ships, and weapons from which all the fighters somehow emerged.

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