Viola Grace - Sector Guard 12 - Armed and Armoured by Viola Grace

Author:Viola Grace [Grace, Viola]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2011-01-26T06:00:00+00:00

"I can."

"Where are you, I can't see you in the pilot's seat."

Phase sighed. "I am inside the shuttle. In the metal and wiring. I can steer, but I don't know how to land this darned thing."

Star Breaker flew around the shuttle twice.

"There is nothing wrong with your shuttle. Why don't you use the auto lander?"

"The what?"

"The automated landing system. You push a button and it lands itself."

That was news to Phase. "Seriously?"

"Seriously. Get your butt into the chair and lock onto the landing beacon, then relax control and see what happens. It should start running through the sequence on its own."

Phase locked it onto the landing beacon and activated the control that Star Breaker described.

The

shuttle

computer

immediately

ran

calculations and changed alignment for the shuttle. Crisis averted.

"Why didn't Relay tell me about that?"

A soft laugh came through the com unit. "Relay wouldn't know. She's not a pilot. I spent a lot of time in a shuttle before I changed. It is the first thing I thought of. Is it working?"

"It seems to be."

"I will be standing by in case you need me and Fixer is ready on the ground. It should land itself without a hitch though. See you groundside." Star Breaker looped around her loosely, following closely in case she needed any help.

It was more comforting than it should have been.

The ship rocked and shuddered as it entered the atmosphere. Phase registered the frightening climb in hull temperature, but the shuttle seemed designed to take it. After long minutes of bucking and shaking, the ship entered the atmosphere.

The feeling of soaring through clouds while dropping at a rapid rate was alarming and exhilarating at the same time. She let the ship steer itself through the sky and watched carefully as it prepared itself for landing.

The Escher Candru banked and aimed for a landing strip attached to a large base. With the nose up, it downed the gear and used the thrusters to halt the forward momentum. Light as a feather, it stopped on the tarmac and the engines powered down.

Figures

approached

the

shuttle,

a

decontamination tube connected to the hatch and she was being boarded.

The hostages were hustled out of the shuttle interior and a gurney was provided for Rupture.

Phase didn't want to come out.

When a decontamination crew had gone over the interior and the shuttle was empty, two women stood outside the shuttle and knocked on the hull.

She reluctantly answered. "Who is it?"

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