Where We Go One, We Go All by Robert Boren

Author:Robert Boren [Boren, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: South Bay Press
Published: 2019-04-20T06:00:00+00:00

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Old Friends

W e followed Vermillion, grabbing a tin can to the bridge sector, taking seats in the big conference room.

“Drake, are you here?” Vermillion asked.

<Drake> Yes. Proceed.

“Good, I’ll bring Estes in as well.” He tapped his PA, the screen lighting up, Estes’s smiling face showing up after a moment.

“Great, Captain Clarke got back to the New Jersey.”

“Good to see you,” I said.

“What’s the status of the flight suit modifications?” Vermillion asked.

“Before I get started, we should let Captain Clarke and his people know about the cloaking issue,” Estes said. “As we expected, the Clan ships are not cloaked. We did fly-bys at all the close locations in flight suits.”

“That’s excellent news,” I said. “Thanks.”

“Sorry, I forgot that the Zephyrus crew hasn’t heard that detail,” Vermillion said. “Flight suit status?”

“We’ve got nearly half of the New Jersey portion completed.”

“Wow,” I said. “How about the Variant Three Nanos? Can they do what we need them to do?”

“Yes,” Estes replied. “It was a little trickier than we expected, but we’ve got it working. Nolan, I saw your message. I’ll forward the communication protocol to your AI.”

“When did you have time to get that off to him?” I asked.

Nolan smiled. “I had the message queued up with Dojo. He sent it as soon as we got out of the jump.”

“Love a team that has it together,” Klemperer said.

“Our team is our strength, that’s for sure,” Vermillion said.

I smiled. “Given any thought to where we should move the New Jersey to pick up the hardware?”

“Based on the information Nolan provided with the message, you could come to the outer portion of Earth’s system. We don’t know how good the Clan’s sensors are, and we’ll be opening the bay.”

“What part of Nolan’s data are you talking about?” I asked.

“Oh, sorry. Oollanders is not that far away, and it’s the best target. There are several troop transports and five battleships in orbit around that planet.”

“We’re going to hit several at the same time, right?” JJ asked.

<Drake> Yes, that’s the plan, and Oollanders is a good hub.

“Are we going to take out those five battleships with the New Jersey?” Nolan asked.

“Shall we discuss my plan?” Klemperer asked.

<Drake> Let’s set the stage first. We’ve found four targets. Each of them has three troop transports and five battleships. They’re all well within jump range of the fighters and the flight suits from the Oollanders System.

JJ shook her head. “We need four New Jersey-class ships to do that, don’t we?”

<Drake> The New Jersey won’t be directly involved. Commander Klemperer, please brief your plan.

Klemperer stood up, going to the front of the room. “I propose a coordinated attack, using a combination of Mark V fighters and modified flight suits. Wayne, put the map on the right-hand screen, please.”

That screen lit up, showing a map with Oollanders in the center. The other worlds were Aviaotron, Fggergia, and Spatzer.

JJ’s eyes got wide as she studied the screen. “Two of those are Level 7. How did we find them? Weren’t we looking for

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