The Agathon Book 3: Sword Of Stars by Colin Weldon

Author:Colin Weldon [Weldon, Colin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2017-09-19T06:00:00+00:00

BRIDGE

“They’ve been in there too long,” Chavel said manning the flight control.

Boyett was sitting in the captain’s chair not taking her eyes off the alien vessel on the overhead screens. Chavel turned around and looked at her. Boyett sighed.

“What do you want me to do, Lieutenant, knock on the door and check up on him?” Boyett said.

Chavel shrugged his shoulders giving her a ‘maybe’ sign.

“The captain will ping his comm if anything goes awry,” Boyett said.

“What about that device he’s got around the captain’s neck?” Chavel said.

“Seems to be some sort of translation thing,” Boyett said.

Chavel looked at her with concern in his eyes.

“Oh for God’s sake,” Boyett said tapping the comm system on the side of the chair.

“Boyett to Captain Barrington,” she said into the chair.

“Go ahead,” said Barrington.

There seemed to be a collective sigh on the bridge.

“Sir, just reporting the status of the diagnostic on the main control overlays. Engineering reports that we’re okay on that front,” Boyett said.

There was a moment of silence as Boyett waited for the captain to comprehend the useless information she had just conveyed as a means of checking up on him.

“That’s fine, Charly, we’re going to be wrapping up here shortly, will be back on the bridge in twenty minutes. Barrington out,” he replied clicking off the comms system.

Boyett glanced at Chavel and shrugged her shoulders. She looked back up at the huge alien ship still locked onto The Agathon with its powerful tractor. There was a bleep from her comm panel.

“Brubaker to bridge,” came the Doctor’s voice.

“Boyett here, go ahead.”

“Charly, is the captain available?” Brubaker said.

“Not right now, Doctor, he’s in a meeting,” Boyett said smiling to herself at how absurd it sounded.

“Is everything all right up there? I’ve got some worried people down here asking me questions,” Brubaker replied.

Fuck if I know, Doc

“I’ll get back to you, Doctor, the ship is secure for the moment. Tell concerned passengers there’s currently no cause for alarm,” Boyett said trying to sound half confident.

Boyett clicked off the comm system and shook her head. She felt a fluttering in her gut that told her this situation was about to blow up. For now, sitting on this seat, she was in command. She stared intently at the alien ship. While nowhere near as ferocious as a Targlagdu planet monster, it greatly outclassed The Agathon. Their only chance was the alien cannon installed and using the FTL drive was still a go. Without Carrie here, it was the best she could hope for. Hit and run if it got dicey. She leaned back in the chair and crossed her legs. She pulled a loose strand of greasy brown hair behind her ear and reminded herself that she needed to wash it next time she had a chance. The four hours of sleep she was getting at night plus running the ship just wasn’t enough to keep her going. She was tired. They all were. She wondered if she would ever see a blue friendly sky again. The comm system bleeped again.

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