Storming the Norse Wind - A Hard Military Science Fiction Assault (Aeon 14: Origins of Destiny Book 0) by M. D. Cooper

Author:M. D. Cooper [Cooper, M. D.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: The Wooden Pen Press
Published: 2018-05-24T16:00:00+00:00

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The autodoc’s arm pulled back, and Tanis sat up, slowly flexing her right arm. It would still take some time to fully heal, but, with the additional supports the ‘doc had inserted into her bone, it should manage any strain she might put on it over the next few days.

Her left shoulder still ached—a lot. The lightwand hadn’t reached her heart, but it had punctured her lung, sliced clear through her collarbone, and shredded more than a few ligaments. Another day in the autodoc would see the wound fully healed, but Tanis didn’t have time to lie on her back. Her internal nano could keep repairing the damage while she tended to the mess that boarding the Norse Wind had created.

The freighter’s total complement had been sixteen crew, including the now-deceased Captain Unger. Only six had perished in the fighting, which meant that the Kirby Jones’s small brig was overflowing. Tanis was considering converting one of the holds on the freighter to a brig, but maintaining security there would be problematic to say the least.

“Ready to be up and about, Commander?” Connie asked from the medbay’s entrance.

Tanis glanced up at the redheaded sergeant and smiled. “Ready enough. There’s too much work to be done for me to be lying around.”

“I wouldn’t mind lying down for a day or so,” Connie replied. “We’ve run though that ship top-to-bottom, and those ancient engine regulators are the only contraband we could find—well, the only serious contraband. Not that those regulators should be illegal anywhere, anymore. The only crime here is that they should be in a museum.”

“Crazy that they’d put up such a fight over them,” Tanis said. “Maybe there’s still something hiding over there, and the regulators are a decoy.”

“Dumbest decoy ever. Either way, if they have anything else in there, we’d have to tear the ship to pieces to find it.”

“Well, I guess we’ll just tow it in, then,” Tanis replied.

<No need,> Lovell said. <The Arizona is thirty minutes out. Their captain just sent a message that they’ll be taking over the scene. We’re to hold the prisoners, but not question them. We’re also to leave the contraband on the Norse Wind.>

“Seriously?” Tanis asked. “Isn’t the Arizona assigned to Fleet Group 743 out at Ganymede? What’s it doing on the InnerSol border?”

<Your guess is as good as mine, but their orders check out. They have Vice Admiral Deering’s tokens on them.>

“Not much we can do about that,” Connie said, and then flashed a grin, her green eyes sparkling. “Not that I care. Means I don’t have to clean up the mess we made over there while searching all their hidey-holes.”

“Good point,” Tanis said with a smile. “With any luck, we’ll get the go-ahead to end this patrol once we hand them over. If not, we’re going to be sucking on whatever food we have in the bottom of the vats.”

“Well,” Connie smirked. “We may be OK in the food department for a bit. I lifted some of the fresh produce from the Norse Wind.

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