Star Force: Symbiosis (Star Force Universe Book 72) by Aer-ki Jyr

Author:Aer-ki Jyr [Jyr, Aer-ki]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-02-18T16:00:00+00:00

By the time they got her to the medbay and had made her brain into a true cyborg that was capable enough to sustain her, Captain Barre already had cleared out the half of the dish arc that had to move up to reposition for their exit vector. The other half was still cluttered, some with dead ships, others with enemy crew still clinging to life onboard disabled ones. They’d have to make do on their own until their reinforcements arrive, because Jason had to get his people out of here now, for he didn’t know how long they had before the dish would rotate back with or without their permission to handle the incoming ships.

The Iron Hammer, now looking like a mashed up paper bag, had several enemy ships imbedded in its hull and sticking out of it at too many angles to have been an accident as it maneuvered within the dish arc on the powerful magnetic fields it produced, but there was no way to disconnect the enemy ship debris from it, meaning it wouldn’t be jumping out with what remained of the Star Force fleet…which was one large warship and 3 converted Caretaker ships.

Once all crew had been moved to the Kionana and all dropships were recovered, the intact warship and the smaller escorts moved to the far side of the debris where the magnetic field was a bit weaker, but no matter. How long it took them to reach the other end was inconsequential. Only how fast they got out of here ahead of their impending doom was relevant.

They went in series, with the smaller ships going first, but after the first two winked out as they launched themselves off the magnetic springboard, an incoming signal indicated the upcoming arrival of the another fleet 27 minutes away.

Jason had to remotely hit the override on the dish as it began to move again, putting it back into alignment for their exit vector. After it was within 16:23 of the arrival time even the override wouldn’t work, for the machine was configured to catch what was coming in no matter what.

But he didn’t need more than 2 more minutes to launch the last Caretaker ship and then the Kionana off the aligned magnetic field…after which it was a long coast across the blackness of deep space to another mag jump station that would automatically reorient to catch them regardless of what the crew onboard it had to say.

Those should still be Star Force personnel…he hoped.

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