Trident Fury (The Kurgan War Book 3) by Richard Turner

Author:Richard Turner [Turner, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Adventure, Military
Amazon: B01168N5N8
Published: 2015-08-21T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

“All right listen up,” said Colonel Wright to his assembled personnel. “We’ve only got one chance to make this work, so split-second timing and precision will be vital throughout this phase of Trident Fury. I volunteered this squadron because I have faith in each and every one of you to do your job and do it well. I know some of you may feel that we haven’t had the time to adequately examine the enemy base and its capabilities and others have already voiced their concerns over the lack of rehearsal time. Well, folks, you’re all right, but I don’t care. We’re launching in an hour, so pay close attention to the XO’s mission brief.”

Lieutenant Colonel Tolinski walked in front of Wright’s Avenger jump ship and raised up a remote. The lights in the launch bay dimmed. A second later, a holographic image of a small planetoid appeared. Tolisnki zoomed in on the Kurgan listening station. It looked like a large metal ring. There were numerous towers and antennae spread out along the surface of the rocky asteroid. The only visible weapons were a couple of missile launchers dug into the top of a nearby hill.

“Ladies and gentlemen, the Kurgan base is our target. It is located on a small rocky planet that the fleet has designated as GX 111. As you can see, the base is lightly defended with only a few anti-ship missiles. However, just because we cannot see any more weapons, we should not discount the fact there could be more hidden from view.”

“Ma’am, how old is this image?” asked one of the pilots.

“It is almost forty-eight hours old. I strongly doubt that the Kurgs could have substantially altered their defense posture in that time.”

“No more questions until the XO is finished,” said Wright, his tone told his people to keep their mouths shut.

Tolinski glanced at her watch. “In exactly fifty minutes from now, I along with my wingman, Captain Zhang, will begin our jump to GX 111. We will arrive there twenty-three hours later. Both of our Avengers will be carrying electromagnetic pulse bombs which we will deploy above the Kurgan base. Once that is done, we will jump back one-quarter of a million kilometers so that we won’t be caught in the electromagnetic wave created when the bombs go off. It is anticipated that these two devices will be sufficient to destroy or at the very least cripple the Kurgans’ ability to call for help or defend themselves.”

She brought up a new image of four teams of two Avengers each. “Thirty seconds later, Colonel Wright and the rest of the squadron will destroy the listening station. Your ships will all be carrying a single Mark V torpedo, specially modified to fit underneath of our vessels. Your targets have already been inputted into your Avengers’ computers. Unless something catastrophic happens, you should be over the target for less than a minute. Once you’re done, there shouldn’t be a soul left alive to report what has happened.

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