Vision's Pawn: A Military Sci-Fi Series (Vision Rising Book 3) by L.L. Richman

Author:L.L. Richman [Richman, L.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2023-07-03T16:00:00+00:00

THIRTY-THREE

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General Kim pinged Nissa the moment he severed the connection. “Cancel everything on my calendar for the rest of the day. And get Senator Russell over here. Tell him it’s urgent.”

It wasn’t often that he experienced a feeling of being overwhelmed. In his long career, he’d seen it all. Done it all. But this…

The images they’d shown him were seared into his brain. The wealth of information they’d just been given access to was staggering. His brilliant tactician’s mind fired at a rapid pace, fitting pieces together with an agility few could match.

It was imperative that they make the best possible use of what they’d just been handed. Humanity’s future could very well depend on such decisions. Frank Kim did not take such responsibility lightly.

Abruptly, he realized he’d forgotten to tell them about Morpheus. The only other ship outfitted with hyperspheric drives—and with experience using them—left for the alien coordinates the moment Cerberus’s probe had arrived.

He made a mental note to have Nissa follow up with them on that, and to update Morpheus at their next check-in. He was relieved he’d followed his gut with that decision. If the Starkiller homeworld proved to be somewhere nearby, Cerberus, in her weakened and battle-scarred state, might need the backup.

A Hangar Fifty-One team was on board too. The plan was to make on-site upgrades to Cerberus’s drives, making the return trip much shorter than the one they’d had on the way out. Given the current situation, that decision seemed especially fortuitous.

Zachary Holden had requested permission to take one of the teams from the Farm along with them. After some reflection, Kim had agreed.

He had no idea whether the former Unit operators would be useful a thousand light-years from home, or if their brand of close quarters combat would even be effective against the enigmatic race they knew only as the Starkillers. But he, like his godson, was of the mind that it was better to be safe than sorry.

And if that captured ship sitting in drydock inside an alien planet could be used to sneak them onto a Starkiller base—or possibly even a homeworld—who knew what havoc a handful of highly trained Sabre Squadron warriors could wreak?

Nissa’s ping cut into his reverie. “Senator Russell’s on his way up. Any last instructions?”

“Ply him with your charm and your coffee. I’m about to call in a marker and I’d prefer him in an amiable mood.”

“One Connelly Special, coming up.”

Ten minutes later, Russell sat across from Frank in a plush armchair, the casual office setting designed to put the visitor at ease. The gleam in Russell’s eye told Frank the trick hadn’t passed unnoticed.

“Not that I don’t appreciate it when Nissa rolls out the red carpet for me, but I know when someone’s trying to butter me up. What do you need from me, General?”

“You said I owed you one, Wallace. Well, I’m ready to pay up.”

“I’m listening.”

“What you’re about to hear is classified, covered by the National Security Act,” Frank warned. “Whether or not you choose to accept this offer, you keep this close-held.

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