Showdown: Rise Of Mankind Book 10 by John Walker

Author:John Walker [Walker, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-11-09T07:00:00+00:00

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Gray grabbed his chair as the Behemoth shook, some kind of massive impact rocking the ship. Olly changed the view screen for them and they saw multiple enemy fighters ramming into their shields. At least five of them made it before they were taken out by automated defense turrets, blasting away.

“How bad did that hurt the shields?” Gray asked. “How did they not get through?”

Olly shook his head, tapping away at the console. “Our shields dropped down to fifteen percent on that side. Engineering is reporting that they’ve got them on priority generators to get them back up to maximum. I’m checking but it seems that their reactors didn’t detonate. That would’ve done it…or at least, it would’ve had a better chance.”

Clea spoke up, “Durant has made several modifications to our shields so I’m not surprised it didn’t work. The good news is they won’t bother to try again. However, that means they won’t be throwing away resources either.”

“I’d rather them not get lucky,” Adam said.

“We are ten seconds from engaging with the enemy capital ships,” Redding added. “The other two are almost within firing range of The Crystal Font.”

“Whoa!” Olly shouted. “Look!”

Gray squinted at the screen and had to turn away for a moment as a flash filled the area. The entire bridge lit up then returned to normal. Was that really one of the enemy ships? What the hell did they have on that thing? I’ve seen plenty of ships go up now but that was spectacular.

“How much damage did that do?”

“The Crystal Font shields took some punishment,” Olly said. “Looks like the nearby Devaran ship also lost some shield integrity. I’m picking up a lot of debris from enemy fighters…a couple of alliance once too.”

“What happened?” Adam asked.

“Bombs,” Olly replied. “Looks like the alliance bombers launched a full payload in a couple sections where the shields went down. That did the trick.”

Gray checked his reports, wondering who they lost out there. Panther Wing was operating in the area and Tiger would join them momentarily. They were holding off a lot of fighters out there. He didn’t have much time to worry about it. Even as he considered the situation, The Behemoth turrets fired at the gnats gnawing at their defenses.

“We’re in firing range,” Redding announced. “However, so are the new enemy ships.”

“They are gearing up, too,” Olly added. “I’ve got a surge…looks like one of those beams!”

“Agatha,” Gray barked, turning sharply in his chair. “Warn The Font! Now!”

“They’ve already contacted us, sir,” Agatha said. “They’re performing a microjump!”

“Hold back, Redding. Fire at will. We need to distract these guys.”

The Behemoth cannons fired at the nearest ship, the one that took some punishment from its partner detonating. As pulse blasts streaked through the dark of space, The Crystal Font warbled and vanished only moments before a purple beam erupted from one of the enemy ships. It harmlessly flashed off into nothingness…a clean miss.

I wonder how far Kale went, Gray thought. Are we alone against three now?

The shockwave from The Crystal Font’s swift departure rocked their vessel but caused no damage.

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