Tarasch by A.C. Ellas

Author:A.C. Ellas [Ellas, A.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Adult, Erotic Romance, Action, Adventure, Gay, GLBT, Futuristic, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Soft, Science Fiction Military, Science Fiction Adventure)
ISBN: 9781487400941
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Published: 2014-11-15T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six: Tarasch System

Tarasch is a mess, Nick decided after staring at the screens for a good ten minutes. Trinary stars, a blue-white supergiant and two companion white dwarfs orbited a central point in a complicated dance. Nick had to take Cai’s word for the fact that the supergiant was in motion, for it appeared to stand still compared to the two dwarfs whizzing around it, one in close like a planetary moon and one further out in an elliptical orbit.

As if the stars weren’t enough, the system boasted eight gaseous planets and a record twelve asteroid belts. Not one of the planets had a normal orbit, they were all elliptical and all at an angle to the ecliptic plane. Not the same angle, mind, but different angles. The asteroid belts mostly stayed on the plane of the ecliptic in nearly circular orbits, and the gas giants just swung through them at whim, sending rocks careening across the system in seeming randomness.

Somehow, they had to map this mess. Cai had made a good start on that the last time he was here, but now, they had to finish the job. This is going to take more than a day or two, Nick realized. They’d barely jumped into the system and that much was already obvious. He checked the shipnet and found that the science section was already sorting through the massive sets of readings Cai had taken last time and was in the process of taking anew. The more snapshots of the system they took, the more accurate their map would be.

When Cai set his course, Nick checked it, normally a matter of routine, but this time, his balls tightened. The Astrogator was spiraling them inward toward the trinary suns, passing by every planet and asteroid belt in the process. Thus far, Cai had only programmed in the inward course. No outward course was even pending.

Since Cai was Chambered, Nick pulsed him via the shipnet. “That’s a very bold course you’ve set.”

“It’s the most comprehensive mapping plan I could devise,” Cai responded. “I’ll base my outward course on what we find while inbound.”

“I thought that might be the case. May I come over when you leave the Chamber? I made dinner.”

Cai’s happiness transmitted through the link along with the words, “Please do. I’m looking forward to it.”

Immensely cheered and obscurely reassured, Nick closed the link and returned to checking on things. The shipnet was a tool he used to see, in real time, what every section of the ship was doing. He could monitor, assess and issue orders to deal with situations before they got out of hand. Most of that, he left in the capable hands of his XO. Cortez knew how to run a tight ship, and the two men had quickly reached an understanding.

As captain, his main focus was supposed to be on carrying out his mission. His secondary focus was to keep his Gator happy. And at the moment, everything was operating smoothly. Nick left the bridge before Cai left the Chamber.

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