The Legend of Corinair by Brown Ryk

Author:Brown, Ryk [Brown, Ryk]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Ryk Brown
Published: 2012-03-19T16:00:00+00:00

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Nathan stood at the tactical console, reviewing the deep system scan reports that Kaylah had performed over the previous few hours. They had collected more than enough data to confirm the accuracy of the star charts translated from Tug’s fighter, and Abby felt confident that her plot into the system was a safe one.

Deliza again stood by Abby’s side. Since she had begun working with her on using one of the dead shuttle’s computer cores to make jump calculations, the two had become inseparable. Nathan suspected that, whether she was aware of it or not, the physicist had taken on the role of surrogate mother in the wake of the death of Deliza’s real mother.

“Bridge, Nash,” Jessica’s voice came across the comm-set.

“Go ahead,” Nathan said over his comm-set.

“We’re all suited up and ready to go down here.”

“Very well. Have your pilot taxi out onto the flight deck. I want you guys ready to launch the moment we arrive.”

“Copy.”

Nathan looked down at the console, noting that the shuttle was already moving out of the hangar and into the main transfer airlock. Within minutes, it would be positioned outside the ship, sitting on the flight deck exposed to space. They’re going to have quite a show, he thought.

“Helm, put us on an intercept course for the jump in. Match velocity to the orbital velocity of gas-giant.”

“Yes, sir,” Cameron responded. She had been sitting at the helm since they had returned from the pre-jump mission briefing nearly thirty minutes ago. She had received the navigational data from Abby at least ten minutes ago, and she had already verified and entered it into the Aurora’s nav-com long before Nathan gave her the order to do so. But she knew that he was just going through the motions, making sure he didn’t forget anything.

“Attention all hands,” Nathan called throughout the ship. “Stand by for jump in one minute. Repeat, we jump in one minute.”

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