Star Crusader: Battle Fleet Victorious by Thomas Michael G

Author:Thomas, Michael G.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swordworks & Miro Books

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Lieutenant Commander Holder could hear them talking, and as they reached the last passage, she turned back towards them. This part was clearly different in that multiple pairs of marines were on guard, as well as two combat Grunts.

"IAB ships are not designed for fleet actions."

She moved to the entry door and then almost smirked.

"That might be something to do with why the Colonel wants to speak with us."

Nate gulped at hearing that. He'd assumed they were heading to meet the CAG, assuming Victorious even had one. Instead, they would be meeting the highest ranked Alliance officer in the fleet. Before they knew it, the entire group marched into a wide-open command deck. The lights were on full, and as they entered, more than a dozen pairs of eyes turned to look at them. Nate was first in behind Lieutenant Commander Holder, and as they approached the officers, they stopped and saluted. Nate's eyes drifted around the place as the officers exchanged pleasantries.

Wow!

There was a dull yellow glow to the place, much of it coming from the massive set of three large displays at the front. Each unit showed a myriad of information from local shipping routes, to planetary specifications and ship status indications. Nate could see one showing a long top-down view of part of the ship, and inside were multiple blocks of dropships and troops.

The operations level. Looks a lot smaller from in here.

The consoles ran at waist height, and two officers and a single, grey skinned humanoid operated the controls. Nate's eyes widened, realising what he was looking at.

A Thegn!

These creatures were the remnant of the millions of different kinds of synthetic foot soldiers created in the war by the enemy. Built from scratch, they included all kinds of warriors from lowly Thegn foot soldiers, up through to the tall Biomech Jötnar that had rampaged from planet to planet. These tough creatures could fight with firearms and blades as easily as repairing broken technology. What they lacked in emotion and social skills, they made up for in almost every other area. Nate looked at the one in front of the display. He'd heard their skin performed the same job as armour, but not once had he expected to see one in the flesh. Now leaderless and homeless, they had signed on to the Alliance, and in less than a decade had proven their value in navigation, engineering, and computer science. They provided a cadre of skilled, though never fully trusted operatives aboard certain Navy vessels.

"Nate," whispered Cassandra.

She was not looking at him, but off to the right of the displays, where steps ran down into a circular section jutting out from the ship. It was small, but appeared partially, or perhaps entirely transparent. On the other side were the blackness of space, and the dull shape of another ship in close formation. It was one of the transports, and though similar in design to the Confederate Class, he could already see the differences. It still looked dangerous and a little evil to his eye.

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