Voyage of the Hayden (The Adventures of Christopher Slone Book 1) by Donald Nicklas

Author:Donald Nicklas [Nicklas, Donald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Donald A. Nicklas
Published: 2016-04-11T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 5 - The Methane Moon

The Hayden arrived at Bickle’s star to find a cruiser and two destroyers near the wormhole. They stood guard to protect against future incursions. They knew to expect the Hayden and the proper recognition codes were exchanged. The Hayden began her system traverse towards the wormhole. After a journey of seven and a half hours, the Hayden stood before the slipstream that Alaya indicated was actually the entrance to the wormhole.

“All engines stop,” Slone ordered. The Hayden came to a stop at the edge of the system. The other ships had held back and remained closer to the Purgatory slipstream. “Sparks, put me through ship wide.”

“Aye, sir.” The communications tech pushed a button and Slone was on over the entire vessel.

“Attention all hands. We are about to embark on a journey that only one person before has returned from. This has been a need-to-know mission and now is the time that you should know what lies ahead. We are going to take the war to the home of our enemy.” Slone could hear some cheering through the ship and knew that the crew was with him. Now for the difficult part, telling them they are leaving their galaxy. “We are standing in front of what appears to be a slipstream, but this only covers a wormhole. Our enemy is on the other side of the wormhole in the Andromeda galaxy. We are about to make history and bring the Hayden across 2.4 million light-years to another galaxy. I know what you are all thinking, ‘how can this be possible.’ The vessel we rescued in this system earlier and the vessels we fought here and around Purgatory are proof that it can be done. There will be disorientation and some feeling of nausea going through. You have all been asked to refrain from eating for the last three hours to decrease the effects. I have been informed that there will be some visual distortion of the ship interior, but it is a visual effect only and does not represent any actual strain on the hull. It will only take a few seconds to traverse the wormhole and I have no idea what we will find on the other side, so all hands must be ready for anything. Good luck to us all. Sound general quarters.”

The klaxon went off throughout the ship, bringing all hands to their battle stations. Slone waited until all parts of the ship reported ready and the backup bridge crew was at the CIC.

“Navigator, take us in. Ahead slow.”

“Yes, Sir.”

The Hayden covered the last 5000 kilometers to the wormhole in a few minutes and then they were at the point where normally the sails would be deployed. Before Slone could ask Alaya, who was standing next to him, what do they do now, a large, dark green vortex opened in front of them as if out of nowhere. Slone could feel as the Hayden was pulled towards the vortex and knew instinctively, there was nothing they could do about it.

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