The Masters of War (The Human Chronicles Saga Book 9) by Harris T.R

Author:Harris, T.R. [Harris, T.R.]
Language: eng
Format: azw
Published: 2014-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

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Moments later, a large, dark void began to obscure the stars ahead of the Pegasus. Adam and Nurick looked out the forward viewport as the mighty starship closed on their position. What they saw outside contrasted sharply with what was on the tac screen. On the monitor there was a brilliant white dot, yet outside was a near-black spaceship coming within visible range. The skin of the ship had a dull finish, which refused to reflect the nearby stars and fiery colors of the nebula. The vessel was multi-level, beginning with an obvious bottom as the longest and widest level, and then tapering upwards through at least twenty different sections. To Adam, it looked like a stretched out pyramid.

He had seen ships of this configuration before, but nothing nearly as large. In fact, as he waited for what was to come next, he had the ship’s computer run a simulation comparing known starship sizes and configuration to this one. The results were shocking. The ship outside the Pegasus was equivalent to a Juirean Class-10 warship—if the Juireans built Class-10 warships. But they didn’t; the largest ever built had been a pair of Class-7’s.

Yet it wasn’t just the immense size of this ship that set it apart. Adam had witnessed the intensity of her flash cannon, which had been able to vaporize an average-size starship with a single shot and even through fully-charged shields. The technology behind such weapons would be a sea-change over existing systems. Add to that the fact that a craft this large could so nimbly outrun extremely fast and maneuverable marauders, and Adam knew he was looking at a whole new generation of starship design.

Adam wasn’t nervous; if they wanted him dead, he’d be dead already. Now he was curious. Was this friend or foe, which begged the question: Who knew him well enough in this galaxy to make such a determination? The only creature he knew intimately was Nigel McCarthy, and if he was in command of such a vessel, then Adam’s mission just became infinitely more difficult.

However, he was still alive, thanks in no small part to this gigantic starship.

Ship-to-ship comm crackled. “Pegasus, you will release all electronic shielding and engine fields and prepare to be maneuvered into the mid-port landing bay. Acknowledge.”

Well, they knew the name of his ship; that was a major clue in itself. He fingered the comm button. “Acknowledged and will comply. Who is in command of your ship? I would like to know who my host will be.”

“That is not my responsibility to discuss. Prepare to be grappled aboard.”

Adam felt a slight nudge, as lines of electromagnetic energy grabbed the Pegasus and began to pull her close to the huge ship. As they drew near—and within the half mile range of his ATD—Adam began to detect a myriad of familiar electronic signatures—this was definitely a ship from the Milky Way, using Formilian and Juirean technology. But just as he was about to begin a more detailed probe of the inner workings of the behemoth, a thin veil dropped over his awareness.

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