Galaxy of War II by Robert Boren

Author:Robert Boren [Boren, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: South Bay Press
Published: 2020-04-21T22:00:00+00:00

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Alliance

S imone and Captain Clarke walked down the long hallway, the New Jersey’s agriculture going on behind windows on either side.

“This is great,” Simone said. “I checked today. There’s a team setting it up on the Spitfire. Not livestock yet, but the planting has already started.”

Captain Clarke smiled. “Sorry she wasn’t all the way finished before we handed her off.”

She looked at him, shaking her head. “Are you kidding? The more I get to know that ship, the more I love her.”

“I was off the New Jersey after just a few months on her. It was hard being away.”

“Oh, when you were on the Zephyrus?”

“Yes, although that’s a nice little ship.”

Simone smiled. “She’s got a good captain too. I suspect there’s a New Jersey class ship in her future.”

I glanced at her, finger to my lips. “Mum’s the word.”

“Which one?” Simone asked.

“Phantom. Constitution was going to Cyrus, but I’ll probably leave him on Animus. It’s a worthy ship.”

Simone nodded. “Not as capable as these ships, but the alterations that Nolan and JJ put in place have made a vast improvement. I wouldn’t like to fight one of those now.”

“How’s your staff? Do you have Captains who might be interested in one of the later New Jersey Class ships?”

“The captain of Hellion is very promising. Her name is Mollie Devonshire. She’s from Earth.”

“Yeah, that’s an English name. Her ancestors came from the same place mine did, more than likely.”

They crossed an intersection with another big corridor, and the smell of livestock hit them.

“Oh, that’s heavenly,” Simone said.

“You like the barnyard smell?”

“It’s a comfort. It reminds me of visiting my grandmother.”

“Albena. You were young when she passed, weren’t you?”

“Not that young. I was in my twenties. Grandpa passed a couple years earlier. That was hard for Grandma. She loved him so.”

“Ivan,” I said. “I can’t believe you knew him. He was a hero of mine. Still is, actually.”

“He was a complex man, but sweet to his grandchildren. He could spin tales, and he was always so theatrical.”

“Ever see him in the gangster get-up?”

She chuckled. “Whenever he was in public. Right to the end.” She stopped suddenly, rushing to the windows, giggling with delight.

“What?” Captain Clarke asked, getting next to her. “Oh. Baby goats. Some of those will end up on your ship. We’ve put our livestock breeding efforts into overdrive. The farmers are complaining that we don’t have enough space.”

“I just want to hug them,” she said, watching five of them scamper around, jumping all over.

“We’d better get back. The meeting starts in twenty minutes.”

“Thanks so much for bringing me out here.”

They hurried back to the transit station, grabbing a tin can to the big conference room.

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