Blood of Heroes by Fox Richard

Author:Fox, Richard
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Triplane Press
Published: 2015-12-04T16:00:00+00:00

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“I don’t care if you’ve got a lousy shot! Fire the main guns now!” Valdar shouted. The third cruiser was ahead of the ship, its heat shield glowing like a hot poker.

The main guns roared, roiling the deck beneath Valdar’s feet. Rail cannon shots left a searing line in the sky, and Valdar followed it all the way as they closed on the cruiser…and missed. It took two minutes for a good crew to reload the rail cannons and recharge the capacitors. The cruiser would overtake them in less than one.

“Helm, bring us about. Try to angle the dorsal cannon for a wake shot on the cruiser,” Valdar said.

“Ugh, sir?” Ensign Geller said.

The cruiser had adjusted course slightly and was headed straight for the Breitenfeld.

“All power to starboard engines!”

The ship swung to the left, throwing the bridge crew against their restraints. Valdar watched as the cruiser closed and thundered over their heads.

“Gunnery! Make ready with the dorsal—”

The Breitenfeld shook as the tortured air from the cruiser’s wake battered the ship.

Valdar braced himself against his command chair and watched as his ship tipped over and headed toward the surface.

“Conn, get us level and increase altitude! Gunnery, prepare to fire,” Valdar said.

“If I fire the dorsal cannons from this angle, it’ll send the ship into a death spiral,” Utrecht said. “You’ll kill us all for a shot we can’t make!”

Valdar’s jaw clenched. He wouldn’t throw away the lives of everyone on his ship on a forlorn hope, not when there was another chance.

“Burning Blade, this is Breitenfeld. Can you engage the cruiser?”

“This is Ty’ken. We’ll do what we must. Gott mit uns.”

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