The Riss Enemies: Book VI (The Riss Series 6) by C. R. Daems

Author:C. R. Daems [Daems, C. R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Talon Novels
Published: 2016-12-19T07:00:00+00:00

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Six hours later, the Irises had been moved to their new locations and the Riss cruisers were in their assigned positions.

<Why so many cobras?> I asked Terril as we made our way to the Mess to get something to eat. She had eight Cobras on duty.

<Because none of the Riss-humans wants your position,> Terril sent with no hint of amusement.

"I'm surprised you aren't eating in your conference room, given the attack could come at any time," Gebauer said looking around the mess hall, which was moderately full.

"We are on Standby, which means the stations are manned one-third for all shifts. The idea is to relax while we can, so that we will be at our best when the dross hits the fan. And since I'm here eating, they know there is no reason to worry."

Gebauer shook his head in disbelief.

Halfway through our lunch, my SID buzzed and r-Galene's face appeared.

**Leader, Jaelle reports ten cruisers just exited the Wave and immediately skipped. Da'Maass reports they jumped four light-seconds.**

"R-Galene, declare Battle Stations, stealth mode, all systems passive." I had just finished saying it when red lights began flashing and my SID buzzed with the status change, but no klaxons sounded indicating stealth mode. "Time to go to work," I said, rising to leave.

When we arrived at the Bridge, four Cobras remained in the hallway and four entered with Terril, Karl, and me. I settled into the captain's chair and checked the VTH. Because of the imbedded chips, the VTH had a very detailed picture of the activity: eleven Heavies designated H1-H11, ten Hunters designated Hu1-Hu11, and forty Lights designated L1-L40, meaning Jaelle had disabled two at the Wave exit. Rj1 designated Jaelle, Rd2, Rz3, Ra4, and Re5 designated Da'Maass, Zhang, Alena, and Elissa, and Rb6, Rj7, and Rk8, Bradshaw, Ja'Sai, and Katlin, and finally Rp9, Rs10, and RL11 Pavao, Sheva, and me.

It was like watching a movie in fast forward as the SAS blue lights changed from blue to yellow or red—functional to marginally functional or destroyed. They hadn't been out of their four-second skip more than thirty seconds when the Heavies and Hunters began disappearing. I assumed Da'Maass was using the red-Wraiths—he had two on each of his ten Irises. After less than sixty seconds, two Heavies and two Hunters went yellow, and seven Heavies and six Hunters turned red. In addition, ten Lights went yellow and ten Red. It must have been frustrating for them, not having one Riss cruiser to target and having to target Irises.

Suddenly, twelve Lights and the two Heavies cut their engines.

The remaining eighteen Lights, two Heavies, and four Hunters skipped. Two seconds later, they appeared at the six light-second mark. As I watched, Da'Maass, Zhang, Alena, and Elissa released their fighters, presumably to guard the fourteen ships that had surrendered.

"Cerberuses, you are each to target a Light and fire a full load at it. Then skip to the four light-second mark when they return fire," I said into the open connection I was maintaining with all the Riss cruisers.

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