Shiver Me Timbers by Chris Hechtl

Author:Chris Hechtl [Hechtl, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-11T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

Tau-1252

Shelby had a lot on her plate once things got going. Boni processed the new keys that had been brought in by one of the couriers from Rho Mercy Flight I. She could have used them earlier but couldn't complain about it much.

The keys did change things a bit for her, improving things in the yard. She also had to sort out what to do with the ships in the Mercy Flight. She'd already hit upon a plan to send Good Hope, one cruiser, one or more couriers, the tanker, and one support ship west. Eventually Janice would catch up with them when she returned from her side trip south.

Shelby had spent hours planning what to do with the rest of the force. Of course, her plans were hinged on their resupply and refit. The initial surveys were promising though, so she went forward with cutting orders with Boni.

The two destroyers would remain in the capital. She was picking their crews over, especially their senior staff to man future construction. She'd gotten a few complaints, but they had died when the COs had realized grudgingly that their people deserved to be promoted.

Florence Nightingale would go with the Eastern Mercy Mission III once it was completely assembled. It bugged her to send the Liberty support ship with the Western Mission II. She'd much rather send a Dora support ship and keep the ship for Tortuga. But she was pretty sure that a Dora wouldn't be able to keep up with the needs of the mission when they faced a planetary crisis.

There were spots of other good news from the yard. They had just launched their third sublight destroyer and the fourth and fifth were coming in behind her. The pace in the yard was picking up. They had yet to hit the stride yards like Pyrax or Antigua could do, but they were getting there. They even had the heavy cruiser Hudson three days ahead of schedule.

Which just meant she was a little bit further ahead than the four week slippage that had been experienced in her schedule. But, they were getting there.

Now, if she could just get a dozen more cruisers and other ships she'd feel more comfortable. Toss her a battlecruiser or two and she'd go after Ishmael and run him to ground no matter where he tried to hide.

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