The Atlantis Chronicles- The Kordam Party by Michael Brown & Myles Edmundson

Author:Michael Brown & Myles Edmundson [Brown, Michael & Edmundson, Myles]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stellar Being Productions
Published: 2019-04-12T06:00:00+00:00

Bowen stood on the shuttle deck, watching as the Kalvan transport was moved by tractor beams from the lift platform to an empty landing space. Because the ship was without power, the ground crew had to lower the lift platform and then lower the Kalvan transport itself. As the ship neared the area that had been designated for it, ground repair robots moved in. They manually extended the ship's landing struts as the tractor beams set her down on the deck. Once in place, more bots zipped in to scan the ship, while one bot moved in to lower the ship's boarding ramp. It came open with a sharp hiss as air rushed inside. After the boarding ramp was cranked to its full open position, the Recovery Deck's Landing Signal Officer, or LSO, walked up. Her name was Lieutenant Commander Runic Gale, and she was a petite Elnore woman with flowing black hair intricately braided, and decorated with beads and precious gems. The length of her ebony mane was draped over her right shoulder. Her work uniform seemed cut to accentuate her shapely figure. Bowen gazed at her with considerable attraction.

“It'll be some time before it's safe to go aboard her, Captain,” Gale reported. “Her systems are completely drained. Until the ground crew can connect an external power umbilicus and get her life support systems going again, it's robots only.”

“Do you have Zetabots on your ground crew?” Bowen asked politely.

“Yes, Sir.”

“Then send them aboard till its safe for organic crew members.”

“Aye, Sir,” Gale nodded.

“How long before the computers can be powered up and the logs accessed?” Bowen was growing a touch impatient.

“At least six hours. We'll have to assess their hardware before we can risk powering them up.”

“Keep me posted.”

Bowen turned and walked away from the salvaged vessel. After he left the shuttle deck, he made his way to the Number Seven Entry Bay. There he arrived in time to see Glitter and Dr. Bowen disembark from Red Kite Forty.

“What's the word, Dad?”

“All I got was a data packet and a superstitious warning,” Ed sniffed, “and I was told to advise you to gift that Kalvan transport to that Naziortol resistance leader.”

“Whatever for? We could always use a decoy vessel.”

“Bottom line, Sir,” Glitter explained quietly. “Iron Claw said it would be bad luck for him to take it, and bad luck for us to keep it.”

“I guess it's not a problem,” Bowen shrugged, “as soon as we check her out, and make any repairs she needs, clean her out of the crew's personal effects, I suppose we can hand her over to Nivia.”

“Probably wouldn't hurt to modify her, Sir,” Glitter spoke her mind plainly. Nivia was going to need all the help she could get.

“May I ask how come?” Bowen raised an eyebrow at her request.

“She's likely to return to Naziortol to get a few of her operatives,” Glitter said, “to crew the ship and help her in obtaining weapons and supplies for her resistance movement.”

“Understandable,” Bowen nodded in agreement. “We do have the schematics for the Ageron Combine's concealment array.

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