The Peacemaker by Schuyler Thorpe

Author:Schuyler Thorpe [Thorpe, Schuyler]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-11-12T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY.

USS Goliath.

“Hmm…” Conrad murmured—finding that the target in question a great deal pricklier than he first imagined.

The drones had only expended half their ordinance and were keeping at a good distance from the Peacemaker while they were at it.

“Not bad, not bad at all…” He said to no one in particular—as the other officers in the CIC watched the battle unfold on the screens.

Watching the jet take out some of their pursuers with well-placed shots from their weapons.

“Under normal circumstances,” the captain was saying, “the enemy wouldn’t survive the first missile salvo…”

Then a phone rang somewhere in the CIC and an enlisted tech went to answer it.

“But this isn’t a normal set of circumstances, now is it, commander, sir?” Conrad said in a soft voice—just as the man came back and talked to Tillman in a whisper.

Gregory nodded and looked at Conrad.

“Are you sure that we have to continue to do this? The Air Force is already having my ass for breakfast over launching the drones in restricted air space. Now they want to know what the hell is going on!”

“Tell them that it’s a test of your ship’s defenses and that your conducting war games over New York in the event of a future terror attack.” Conrad explained rather easily. “That’s usually how you people do things right—scare the populace with false flag operations and fake terror alerts?”

The commander had a look like he was about to spit nails or have the man thrown in the ship’s brig for insubordination.

Either option sounded pretty lucrative at the moment.

But now wasn’t the time for it.

“You better not be wrong, mister.” Tillman finally said.

Conrad shrugged innocently.

“When haven’t I?”

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