Persistent Ravage by Aer-ki Jyr

Author:Aer-ki Jyr [Jyr, Aer-ki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Archon Lore
Published: 2016-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

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November 12, 4812

Tarric 3 System

Stellar Orbit

When the Ghostblade scout ship entered the system and Esna saw the map of it pop up on the display she was confused, for there were no inhabited planets. There were a lot of ships…a lot of ships, but there was nothing here for them to protect other than some large space stations.

“Where are we?” she asked Tyrenk, who stood beside her on the edge of the bridge where they had a private holographic terminal to use.

“This is a Tarric System. Tarric 3, to be precise. All systems with that name serve as guard posts for the Grid Points.”

“But where is the Grid Point? I don’t even see any planets out there.”

“The Grid Point can’t be this close to a star, so it’s just next door. It’s large enough to have its own gravity well, but a weak one. Making a jump from the star to it doesn’t require a lot of travel distance, but it is a slow jump and leaves one vulnerable coming in and out. That’s why we have a large defense fleet here protecting it and the commerce infrastructure set up.”

“That’s what all those stations are?”

“That’s nothing compared to what surrounds the Grid Point,” he said, expanding the map out so the system became a dot and another just nearby it materialized. “However, we don’t need to go there to find Canderous. You see those large spherical stations?” he asked, returning the map back to the system view with highlights.

“Yes.”

“Canderous is designed to live in space, so those are their territory. Completely artificial and the size of small moons. That’s where I’m taking you.”

“So we’re out of the Devastation Zone now?”

“Yes. It extends further rimward, but this system and the surrounding few are a well defended island that they haven’t taken. This is safe territory, even if we’re close to the danger, and the Grid Point links into another far from here that is behind the front. That’s why it’s so important that we hold this, for us and our allies. They have several systems nearby with massive shipyards that have been supplying their fleets for centuries as they fight wars further out on the Rim.”

“What allies?”

“They’re called the Nexus, and this used to be a safe, quiet little corner of the galaxy while all the fighting was going on out there. Now they help defend it against the V’kit’no’sat, for if the Grid Point falls their reinforcements dwindle. It’s not the best situation to be in, but we’ve held this region for a long time and it’ll take a major push to even dent it. The V’kit’no’sat know it and they stay away, but we keep this fleet here guarding the door just in case.”

“And if they get by this fleet?”

“They run into a buzz saw on the other end. The Grid Point is very well defended, and a sizeable chunk of the fleet you see now is Canderian. Since there are no inhabited planets here, Canderous has been given a foothold to fill.

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