Clone Hunter - A Science Fiction Thriller (Clone Hunter Chronicles Book 1) by Helix Parker

Author:Helix Parker [Parker, Helix]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-25T22:00:00+00:00

CALISTA

An MX 19 stealth cruiser, one of the finest I’d ever seen. It was slick black hemlight steel with a cockpit just large enough for two. It had four main thrusters and two auxiliaries with a ground and mounted cannon fore and aft. And the best feature of all: a cloaking system. It wouldn’t turn the ship transparent or bend light or anything of the sort, but to various detection systems the ship was a ghost.

The suit I had been given was a thin black mesh, nearly impervious to sonic disruptor fire. The sonic blast would dissipate on the mesh, taking away most of the force before it ever touched my body. I loaded that and several weapons onto the MX and left Silorian space. The planet disappeared behind me and spun as I twisted the controls and tested the thrust and torque.

“Take it easy up there,” Karma’s voice echoed in my helmet. She was seated in the number two position, her seat behind mine and turned backward so that she had eyes in all directions. It had been easier to procure a second person for this than I had thought. In fact, the colonel had encouraged it and Karma was probably the only one I trusted enough to be sitting behind me.

“You’re not upset with me, are you?” I asked.

“Would you care if I was?”

“No.”

“Didn’t think so. But no, I’m not upset with you. When training ended I wasn’t sure where they were gonna send me. Poor Sy got sent to Aspian’s moons. He’s gonna be fighting pirates out there and sleeping in a tent in the freezing cold. So no, I’m grateful you picked me as your pilot. Where we going anyway?”

I clicked a button and a viewscreen turned on behind me at the back of the cockpit. Karma watched the video of the clone killing the two men and jumping onto a cargo ship.

“We’re going after her?”

“She’s a clone.”

“Where’d she learn to fight like that?”

“It’s classified, Karma.”

“You know where she is at least?”

“That video was taken on Helron 5 so I did a search for that cargo ship. It had picked up two hundred and fifteen crates of medical supplies. The only planets that would need those are on the rim so it just took me a quick search to find out where they went: May 3.”

“May 3? Isn’t that like a smuggler outpost?”

“Yes.”

“Well, I guess this partnership isn’t going to be boring.”

The ship tilted and spun and then I straightened up. Synchronizing with Karma, we punched in the coordinates and the FTL drive began charging for a hyperspace jump.

“I hate this part,” she said. “The waiting. You ever dream in FTL?”

“No, it doesn’t put me out.”

“Seriously? Mechanic my ass.”

I smirked. A light on the dash indicated the FTL drive was ready and I hit the thruster and then leaned back into the seat.

The first thing you notice about FTL travel is that your vision gets blurry, like you’re drunk, and you feel dizzy and lightheaded. It’s euphoric and I’d heard of people getting addicted to the euphoria and going on jumps for the high.

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