Survival is Never Free (The Death Prophecies Book 5) by Andrew Saxon

Author:Andrew, Saxon [Andrew, Saxon]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Saxon Andrew Publishing LLC
Published: 2016-05-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

The Controller stared at the five hundred foot-long monitor on the front wall of the giant bridge and watched the drones being wiped out by the fleets of ships attacking them. He almost issued an order for them to ram the large warship but knew it was foolish to waste those ships. There was very little chance they would get anywhere near that ship before they were disintegrated. He looked to his left, “Data?”

“The ship is approximately ten miles long,” The lead scan controller replied.

“That’s smaller than the vessels used by the Small Beings.”

“It is, Controller. It is clearly not one of their vessels.”

“How do you know it’s not a vessel they left behind to attack us?”

“Because we can see the Builder Vessels. The only way we know that vessel is there is due to its blaster fire and force field.”

“Are you saying it’s invisible?”

“It would be if not for their defenses.”

The Controller looked at the monitor and turned back to his Scan Operator, “Power of its force field?”

“It’s more powerful than the one around our ship.”

“WHAT?!”

The Scan Operator lifted his left shoulder high above his head, “It will require a blaster barrage beyond any we’ve ever fired to damage it.”

“Do we have enough blasters to break through it?”

“We do if we can get within range.” The Controller turned away and the Scan Operator asked, “Are we going to wait for the other Controllers to arrive with their ships.”

The Controller thought about it and shook his head, “When they arrive I’m reasonably certain that vessel will jump away. We’re going to open the hostilities and attempt to damage it so it can’t flee.”

“We’ll sustain damage to the forward sections.”

“Seal them off and continue in on that vessel. We need to examine its technology. We need to determine how they create such a strong force field; we could use it against the small beings.”

• • •

Commodore Mitchell watched the giant Mothership moving toward the Georgia and shook his head. The blaster beams hitting its hull caused massive explosions but from the distance his Attack Ship was located, they looked like tiny firecrackers going off. How do you stop a vessel as large as some moons? Hell, it was larger than most moons. It’s like hitting an elephant with a BB gun. It’s just too large to stop with blaster beams. “Commence attack, now.”

• • •

Roy stared at the approaching Mothership and sighed. “What’s bothering you, Skipper?”

“So much to hit, so little time.”

Jill burst out laughing, “You can humor yourself with dodging their blasters. Have you seen the size of those things?”

“They’re bigger than the cannons on the old World War Two battleships. Roy looked up, “Pat, I want you to keep your active scanner operating and if you detect more than one of those blasters lining up to take a shot at us, please jump out of the way.”

“You big baby. We can handle four or five hits. I’ll jump us out if I detect six or more lining up.”

Roy

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