Attack Plan Alpha (Blood on the Stars Book 16) by Jay Allan

Author:Jay Allan [Allan, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2020-01-17T16:00:00+00:00

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“Dammit, Reg…use that routine. You’ll take them by surprise. Your pilots will kill thousands in the first few minutes.” Stockton’s hands were clenched in tight fists, and his body shook with frustration. For five years, he’d longed for the ability to control his thoughts, his distress, to shake his body. But now that he could do it, there was only misery. He’d come up with the best possible way to help his people against the attacking Highborn fighters, and he’d actually pulled it off, regained control of his body and sent out the message exactly as he’d planned.

But no one out there believed it was legitimate. That made sense, of course, but Stockton hadn’t spent a lot of time worrying about that, not when he’d been far from sure he’d even be able to send the message. There hadn’t been any purpose in worrying about whether the Confeds and their allies out there would trust it. He’d expected them to mistrust it…but he’d hoped they would at least analyze it, check it out. It was real, completely accurate, and it was the key to giving them all a chance in the battle about to commence. He’d prayed that they would realize that…while there was still time.

“C’mon, Reg…” He still didn’t completely believe Reg Griffin was alive, not with any degree of confidence. But the pilot he’d been tracking, the one he was almost sure was the overall strike force commander, flew just like Griffin. So much so, it was eerie. He’d taken to calling that pilot, ‘Reg,’ even as his mind rebelled against any potentially false hope she could somehow still be alive.

Still, that’s the leader…that’s the one you have to convince…

He was more certain of that than he was of any hope-inspired notion that his old protégé was still alive.

He looked down at his comm unit. He’d taken a wild chance transmitting the routines. If he sent another communique, or engaged in an ongoing discussion, he was begging to be caught. He was deep in the middle of the Highborn formation. If any of the Highborn ordered his death, it would come quickly. He was the best pilot in the fleet, but even Jake Stockton couldn’t defeat a hundred adversaries, or a thousand.

He didn’t care about death…but he needed to survive long enough to convince his old comrades to use the weapon he had given them.

Let me reach them, somehow…and then you can take me…

He tapped out a code on the small keypad. Somehow, he still remembered the Pact frequencies and access codes.

Assuming they’re still functional…

He took a deep breath, and he activated the unit.

“Pact strike force commander—Reg?—this is Raptor. I repeat, this is Jake Stockton. I am the one who transmitted the codes to you. They are accurate. You must use them.”

He leaned back in his seat, and he could feel the tension in every centimeter of his body.

“I repeat, this is Jake Stockton calling Pact commander…”

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