Star Force: Origin Series Box Set (49-52) (Star Force Universe Book 13) by Aer-ki Jyr

Author:Aer-ki Jyr [Jyr, Aer-ki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Archon Lore
Published: 2016-04-04T22:00:00+00:00

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September 30, 2538

Megatron 1 System

Inner Zone

Bo-065 sat in the command chair onboard the Bowser, a Warship-class jumpship leading a fleet of two others and 16 Mammoth-class cargo jumpships through orbit around the black hole that Star Force had affectionately labeled ‘Megatron 1.’ It was the only gravity well in the system, meaning that moving around it to get to their preferred jumpline was taking time as they had to pull on one side of the dense mass as opposed to the center line and that gave them very literal lateral movement as high up as they were.

A slingshot approach was faster, but then they’d have to stall it out on the far side to hit their jumpline anyway, so Bo had ordered the Captain to take it nice and slow as they monitored the traffic as best they could. Sensor signals traveling in near the black hole got funky, with the event horizon completely shutting off anything from inside and slowing those reflections near it to worthlessness, making the area around the EH a sensor blind spot.

The Telaris sensors the Bowser was using reduced that blind spot considerably, but didn’t eliminate it…and they noticed quite a few starships dipping down into the EH and coming back out as they cut close orbital tracks to get to the far side quickly. With proper IDF and gravity drives there was no danger for a ship going in that close, for the black hole’s gravity was their best friend and able to lift them away from the mass at the center almost effortlessly given that only a small energy expenditure was needed to reverse the massive pull into anti-grav to keep the ships in orbit.

Trouble was if there was debris in the area or you ran into another ship, but with Megatron 1 there was nothing left that the black hole hadn’t eaten up, and given the size of the thing the chances of ramming another ship passing through, even with the high level of traffic they were seeing, was low. Bo didn’t like low, and preferred ‘no,’ so they were making their way around in an orbital path that still allowed their sensors and beacons to be partially functional. They were declaring their position while scanning for others to avoid collisions as they got closer and closer to one of 3 hot zones.

Those hot zones were the links to 3 other distant black holes and had traffic coming and going from races that Star Force was mostly unfamiliar with. Everyone seemed to give each other space, not wanting to interact and just going on about their journeys, but the closer the Bowser got to the jumpline the more congested it became…and there were no stoplights to keep everyone organized, more of an impromptu ‘get to the head of the line first’ situation that was more than a bit hectic.

Then there were the ships coming in on the jumpline. Fortunately most of them were transmitting beacons so their signals arrived ahead of them,

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