Espero by S. H. Jucha
Author:S. H. Jucha
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: S. H. Jucha
Published: 2016-10-01T18:30:00+00:00
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After receiving Lisa Sparingâs warning of his impending betrayal, Toyo was torn between loading every shuttle he possessed to go after Kadmir and remaining in place, wondering what his adversaries intended as their true end game. He envisioned landing at Kadmirâs domes, while OâBrienâs men took over his establishment, leaving him stuck aboard shuttles and isolated to a pair of freighters.
In the end, and despite not knowing how the forces were arrayed against him, it was Toyoâs decision to attack Kadmir with a single shuttle. The strategy left his domes defended, and while accompanied by the experienced veterans, it gave him the best chance of taking on Kadmirâs security forces. Armed with the new stunners, his people would be a difficult force to repel.
Toyoâs young pilot, with his enthusiastic mannerisms, was a charmer and had the reservationist and the bay landing controller eating out of his hands. It cleared the biggest hurdle, gaining entrance to Kadmirâs landing bay.
Toyo saw three possible outcomes to his chosen course of action. He could kill Kadmir and claim he was rescuing the girls or, just as easy, if he located the girls first, he could take them, clear out, and claim the same thing. The last possibility was that he would be killed, in which case, his troubles would be over.
The shuttle eased into the bay, and lights on the deck guided the ship to its assigned position. The pilot glanced at Toyo for instructions.
âLand where youâre directed, pilot. Itâs not a bad place, and no need to show our hand yet,â Toyo said.
After the shuttle touched down, Toyo ordered his people to line up at the hatch with weapons drawn. Then he ordered the pilot to comm bay control that the shuttleâs ramp extenders werenât responding. It was a common problem with older shuttles, maintenance not being a priority for most moon-based shuttles.
The bay controller sent a tech party of five over with a small repair vehicle. They hooked a chain from the vehicle to the tongue of the ramp to pull it from under the shuttleâs belly.
The moment the pilot reported the ramp fully extended, Toyo yelled, âNow.â The hatch slid open, and the first of Toyoâs people out on the ramp promptly shot the five crew. Flooding out of the shuttle, Toyoâs red-uniformed, security personnel cut a swath through the bay.
Kadmirâs brown-and-gold uniformed, security personnel fought back, but they were quickly overwhelmed. For every one of Toyoâs people they stunned, three of their number went down. The landing bay controller managed to sound the alarm that a shuttle full of intruders had landed in the bay before three of Toyoâs people crashed through his door. He stunned a single, red uniform before the invaders killed him.
Toyo was soon at the forefront of his peopleâs charge across the bay. He lived for moments like this â the rush of open warfare. It was how his reputation was made. Toyo was despised even as a teenager for his refusal to deal, to compromise. He made one offer to his enemies and only one offer.
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