Star Crusader: Hero of the Alliance by Thomas Michael G

Author:Thomas, Michael G. [Thomas, Michael G.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Swordworks
Published: 2015-05-28T04:00:00+00:00

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'ANS Relentless', Combat Information Centre

The massive warship accelerated through space without a sound to mark her passage. With her course laid in, there was no way to make any meaningful changes. Space travel at these great distances was a complex affair, but there had been few advances in human space travel since the early colonisation of the planet Mars. Only through combining the technologies of multiple races had the secretive scientists at Taxxu produced something more advanced. This technology was currently only used by the elite Interstellar Assault Brigade, as well as the small number of explorer vessels.

Deep inside the many rooms and bulkheads of the ship, the CIC buzzed with the sound of scanners and computer systems. If the ship were fully crewed, it would have been filled with officers. Now there were so few it looked almost empty. The single most significant source of light was the vertical display, but more than a dozen other small units flickered as they brought up pages of critical data on the running of the ship. It was reaching the end of its forward flight and would soon perform a one hundred and eighty degree rotation, ready to begin an eighteen-hour deceleration period.

Captain Galanos looked hot and tired, something quite obvious due to her baldhead glowing with perspiration. The engines were being pushed hard, and though the internal life support system was doing its best, the system was still struggling to disperse the excess heat from inside the main power unit. She moved closer to the vertical display and looked carefully at their destination. White shapes marked the known celestial bodies, with particular emphasis on the largest asteroids in the XX Field.

"So, this is to be our new home."

She looked to the Byotai officer.

"Even if just for a matter of days. We will need time to replenish our food, water, fuel, and weapon stocks. If we're lucky, we might even get some fighter crews and drones back aboard."

She concentrated on one part and let out a slow, long sigh. The imagery showed the barren region, known simply as the XX Field in the Alliance mapping system. Millennia ago multiple star systems had collided, leaving the entire territory a shattered wasteland. At its heart was a single black hole, itself orbited by massive discs of swirling rock and ice; all that remained of the planets, moons, and even stars that were once there. At her side was Lieutenant Higgins, as well as Captain Dreuc of the Byotai Imperial War Academy. He spoke, and the ship's computer translated on the fly so that anybody in the CIC could hear.

"I assure you, Captain. The Imperial Fleet has no permanent facilities in this sector."

Captain Galanos ran her right hand along her chin. Though doing their best to be discreet, the pair of marine guards at the door were a constant reminder of the danger the ship was in, both to external threats, as well as the potential problem of having a Byotai officer aboard.

"As far as you are aware.

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