Spinward Fringe Broadcasts 1 and 2 by Randolph Lalonde

Author:Randolph Lalonde
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: adventure, space opera, collection, omnibus
Publisher: Randolph Lalonde

Summons

It happened fast. Captain Valance was on his way back to the gathering of city ships in orbit before the hurricane had been broken, mere hours after he had returned to the Samson. This time he went with Stephanie, his First Officer. Ashley was off doing her flight test for her certification, the defence base had two instructors aboard, and one of them was up early.

Stephanie and Jake were taken to the large government city ship, the capitol city of the Aucharian government. It was a massive twin hulled vessel that dwarfed most of the other vessels in orbit.

They were escorted directly to the office of the Minister of Defence, Lauren Timmer. She was a lovely woman with long dark violet hair and she wore the muted grey robes of her office. She appeared far too feminine to hold that post, but Captain Valance knew better. She was one of the greatest tacticians alive.

They walked into her spartan office, decorated only with three chairs in front of a large desk. The floor was a dark red and the walls were a deep blue with a window spreading from wall to wall behind her overlooking the tumultuous planet below. “It's good to meet you Captain Valance,” she said from behind her desk, gesturing for them to sit down.

They did so, but she remained on her feet. “Quite a storm,” she said, gesturing towards the clouds far below. It was still breaking up, and would be for some time. “We have climate control but every few years something comes along that our systems can't handle. It's a good thing too. Storms like these move so much water that land becomes exposed and the earth is turned. A natural tilling of the soil. Billions of plants and fish die, buried alive or crushed under kilometre high waves. It releases nutrients into the water, dredges up materials that would otherwise remain buried, and brings change. Opportunities for new life to take root arise, land masses shift. Without one of these storms certain crops would grow out of control, others would be suffocated. The circle of life might stop turning.”

Stephanie could listen to her talk forever. Confidence oozed from every enunciated syllable. She could tell there were layers to this woman that few had ever seen.

“You have made Regent Galactic turn their heads. We intercepted a battle group headed straight into our space. Their departure point was Thadd. They were after you.”

“I'm honoured.”

“You should be. If it weren't for you that battle group wouldn't have fallen into a trap we set for them at the last second. If we weren't there to stop them they would have taken you and your crew, most likely in order to execute you publicly. Their media and imperial system of government thrives on examples.”

“We would have gotten clear,” Captain Valance said with a smile.

Minister Timmer chuckled and nodded. “You might have at that. The information we have on you and the Samson is incomplete, but it's enough to verify your reputation.

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