Star Brigade: Maelstrom by C. C. Ekeke

Star Brigade: Maelstrom by C. C. Ekeke

Author:C. C. Ekeke [Ekeke, C. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Action & Adventure, Science Fiction, Military, Superheroes, Fiction
ISBN: 9780989911955
Google: Z_K4DAEACAAJ
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
Published: 2016-07-14T23:00:00+00:00


19.

The largest ceremony Liliana had ever attended was her medical school graduation. Star Brigade hadn’t even reached Terra Sollus yet and she could tell this would be both a thousand times bigger and make her feel a thousand times worse. Compared to yesterday’s wonderful team breakfast by Captain Nwosu and subsequently seamless training session, CT-1’s mood today was comparable to a funeral procession as they all boarded the Phaeton dressed in their formal UComm uniforms. Even odder was that Nwosu required CT-1 to include a flashsuit bracelet, which converted the unstable matter in the uniforms into field combat outfits. Liliana decided to add a little personality to her attire by spiking up her pixie short hair in a wingtip style, earning a chuckle from Nwosu and an amused wink from Sam.

The doctor had never seen Terra Sollus aerospace so teeming with vessels from every part of the Union and beyond. Spacelanes of traffic stretched for thousands of miles into the black as vessels waited to enter the GUPR capitalworld. Yet the Kedri, renowned for dramatic entrances, had yet to arrive. Honaa sped the Phaeton past, thanks to Star Brigade’s military access. As the Phaeton soared through Terra Sollus’s fluffy atmosphere, mountains peaks and tips of starscrapers poked through the clouds, lofty heralds to the majestic cityscape sprawled below.

Conuropolis, the intersection of Union prestige, politics and privilege. The cosmic grandeur of Terra Sollus’ capital always left Liliana stunned, no matter how many times she visited. The usual crisscrosses of hovercar traffic had been rerouted far from Conuropolis’s downtown. Towering buildings with angled or rounded shapes glittered for all to see. Those made of collapsible tech had shifted locations, making space for the civilian masses viewing today’s event on colossal holoscreens all over the city-state. Every part of Conuropolis’s sprawl that Liliana could see was doused in colors so vivid and bright they seemed artificial. Streaming, flag-like holobanners filled the skies above the city-state, depicting every Union memberworld. The pointedly larger Galactic Union holobanner floated above them all. But seeing the gigantic Korvanes statues at the city’s outskirts soured Liliana on the glorious pageantry, reminding her of Alorum’s Light all over again.

After Honaa parked the Phaeton, Star Brigade was shuttled off to the Andromeda Hall in the heart of Conuropolis’ Diktat District. There, Liliana and the rest of Star Brigade stood amongst the vast gaggle of VIPs attending the Trade Merger commemoration.

Liliana frowned at the sight of Chouncilor Bogosian near the far end of the Hall. He wore an absurd all-white collared suit, surrounded by a wall of Honor Guard, while greeting Union dignitaries. Amongst them was the petite Cassiopeia Santos, Terra Sollus’s current Viceroy. Despite Liliana’s discontent with Bogosian, she was relieved not to be the recipient of the death glare Sam leveled at the Chouncilor.

The rest of the time, she zoned out on the Hall’s architecture. Overarched knots stretched across the high vaulted ceiling of the Hall, a vivid tapestry of the Galactic Union’s known planets. Each knot branched down the walls on the right and left like tree roots.



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