StarFight 3: Battlecry by T. Jackson King

Author:T. Jackson King [King, T. Jackson]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Goodreads: 34553180
Publisher: T. Jackson King
Published: 2017-03-10T17:00:00+00:00

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Rebecca watched as the two Darts returned to the Lepanto. It had been two hours since Jacob had sent them off to attach thermonukes to fragments likely to contain living aliens. She had been surprised by the demand of Hunter One, then even more surprised by the suggestion of O’Connor. The man reminded her of the chief of her own Marine group. That woman was tough as diamonds and an expert in small unit tactics who, like O’Connor, had served multiple overseas tours in hot spots, often rescuing diplomats or touristing Americans. She would have offered her own two Darts to aid in the work, but it was clear from the Lepanto transmission that O’Connor preferred to run the show his way. Much like how she wished to manage her own ship and crew. She scanned the front wallscreen. The images of Jacob, Joy and Joan ran along the top. Lower on the screen were multiple images. The system graphic showed the moving purple dots of the alien invaders. A situational image showed the seven powered up fragments and the two returning Darts. And a true space depiction in the middle held the system’s yellow star, now very small and looking lonely in a black vastness.

“Navigation, how far is it to Thirteen’s ship? And how long will it take to get there?”

The petite Chinese woman tapped her control pillar, looked at one of her holos, then spoke.

“Four AU, sir,” Dolores said. “It will take five hours and seventeen minutes to get there, assuming transit at one-tenth lightspeed.”

“Tactical, what’s the range to the invader fleet?”

Howard copied Dolores’ actions.

“Fifteen AU. The enemy fleet is 16 hours distant and moving at one-tenth lightspeed, sir.”

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