The Slaver Wars: Books 1-3 by Raymond L. Weil

Author:Raymond L. Weil [Weil, Raymond L.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Raymond L. Weil Publications LLC
Published: 2017-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Two days later, everyone waited expectantly to see what would happen when power was restored to the undamaged sections of the ship. Greg and Adam were down in the flight bay, and the rest were in the Command Center.

“Should be anytime now,” spoke Marcus, glancing down at his watch.

Without warning, the panels in the Command Center all lit up, and the overhead light panels came on brilliantly. The six of them all jumped when one of the panels exploded in a shower of sparks.

“Don’t panic,” Ariel spoke quickly. “It was just a power surge.”

She was busily adjusting the power coming from the shuttle, rapidly shutting down damaged areas of the ship or where power wasn’t needed. Numerous areas had broken power leads or no longer existed. It took her several minutes to seal off all those areas and to funnel power needed in the flight bay, the area around the Command Center, and the central section. Once she was satisfied everything was working properly, she issued some specific commands to the computer to allow it to monitor the power.

“What’s happening, Ariel?” Lisa asked, concerned. Her eyes were frantically looking around the Command Center for any further problems.

“I’m scanning the ship to see what other resources may be available for power. The primary and secondary high-energy fusion reactors were destroyed or damaged in the initial explosion that took out the sublight and FTL systems. The resulting crash caused further damage.”

“Are there other power sources on the ship?” Colonel Greene asked.

“There is a small emergency reactor for the Weapons systems, which I am trying to access to determine its usability.”

“Is it safe to turn on after all these years?” Colonel Greene asked nervously. “If the human race is to have a chance against the Hocklyns, we have to preserve what is left of the Avenger.”

“Quite safe,” Ariel replied with a gentle smile. “Sufficient fail-safes and redundancies were built into the Avenger’s systems to prevent a core breach or a failure of any of the primary Reactor systems.”

“That’s a relief,” spoke Greg, shaking his head. “I didn’t really want to glow in the dark.”

Ariel was quiet for a moment, and then a pleased smile appeared on her young face. “Reactor has been activated, and power is coming online. Stand by for reactivation of artificial gravity field.”

“What?” Jason stammered, as he suddenly felt his weight increase, until it was normal. “How the hell did you do that?”

Ariel looked embarrassed, as she gazed at Jason. “Oh, did I forget to mention that all Federation ships have an artificial gravity field? The field is also used to counter excessive acceleration and deceleration. The ship can maneuver at speeds of up to twelve gravities with no harmful effects to the crew. Or at least the Avenger used to be able to do that, before it crashed.”

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Two hours later all six explorers were down in the center section. Power had been restored, and the Environmental Control systems were working. Ariel had directed them to a section where the ship’s officers had stayed.

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