Battleship Furiosa by Michael G. Thomas

Author:Michael G. Thomas
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Swordworks & Miro Books

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A gentle tremor spread through the battleship as her engines roared with power. Long tendrils of flame shot out as she moved ever closer to the Serpentis Rift. Far behind the ship were the rest of the Allied fleet, and Admiral Churchill and Prince Kratha. Commander Higgins watched the ever-shrinking image of his comrades as they moved from the safety of the fleet, and on to their own special mission.

"Ten seconds," said General Honorius.

All eyes turned to the virtual windows installed along the front of the bridge. The pulsing ripples of the Rift moved quickly towards them. There was no space station or control unit nearby, and that could only mean this was a stabilised Spacebridge, one no longer requiring management or maintenance, like the majority of those inside the former Byotai Empire.

"This is it," said General Honorius, "All crew standby. We have no idea what is waiting for us on the other side. We must be ready for anything!"

The interior lights of the bridge changed to a dull red, in much the same way the lights on Alliance ships worked. Commander Higgins smiled as he watched the same routines carried out by an entirely different species. They had evolved differently, yet there remained much commonality between them, especially in how they commanded their ships. He was just thankful that as part of the military alliance with the Byotai, he'd already been exposed to their computer and control systems.

Don't let there be a fleet on the other side!

Commander Higgins held his breath as they punched through the flashing lights and on into the new system, light years away. They were travelling so fast that the transition from one side to the other occurred in little more than a fraction of a second. A pulse of light marked the transition, and then they were through. He half expected to find an entire Star Empire fleet arrayed for battle and with their gun ports open.

We made it.

Commander Higgins exhaled with relief. He'd checked up on the details for the Serpentis System since arriving on the ship. It was nothing particularly special, with a white-blue star that bathed the system in a cool, depressing light. What had caught his eyes was that the system contained just three planets, all of which sounded dreadful. Two were completely uninhabitable, Serpentis I a molten rock, and Serpentis III a frozen block of ice. The second planet was something else, though, and he was fascinated to see what had happened since Alliance explorers had been allowed to visit it a decade earlier.

What about the others?

He looked back to make sure the Vipers had also made it through. For a second, he thought something had gone wrong, and then they were there, travelling in a wide formation, their elegant wings extended to bathe in the solar winds. It was difficult to gauge their scale, but he knew from the computer that they were about the same size as the Alliance destroyers, and intended to form much of the same function.

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