Renegade Peace: An Intergalactic Space Opera Adventure (Renegade Star Book 16) by J.N. Chaney

Author:J.N. Chaney [Chaney, J.N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Variant Publications
Published: 2020-09-19T16:00:00+00:00

14

The next few hours passed in a blur. Freddie and Petra were working with the forces staying in Earth’s orbit that weren’t part of the main defense grid. These additional ships would be responsible for hunting down any Celestials that made it through.

Though I hadn’t seen him, I knew Rackham was acting as a liaison for the Union. The three Alliance factions only made up around three quarters of the collected human force.

I’d taken just a few minutes to observe all that we had achieved. It wasn’t uncommon in tense situations like this for arguments to erupt and turn into fights. That very thing had happened when we first arrived on Earth and Leif’s people joined the mix.

You could hardly expect harmony when new people of vastly different cultures were jam-packed together and anxieties were high. It never took much to set people off; accidentally running into someone, talking too loud. Hell, I’d seen men commit murder over someone else chewing with their mouth open.

By all accounts, the conditions should have been volatile, but no sounds of discontent ever reached my ears. It was a good thing, and it spoke to something more powerful than petty emotions. This was our last stand, and everyone seemed to get that. For the first, and maybe last time, all of humanity was unanimously joined together for one cause.

Pulling up drone feeds, I got a good look at the united forces peppering our little system. Even the Celestials would recognize that this wasn’t going to be a massacre. I didn’t plan on losing this fight, but if we did, the Celestials would remember us for a long time.

I reached out to tap my Foxy Stardust bobblehead. It sent her bouncing merrily and I smiled. One day they would be making holo vids and cartoons of what happened here today. It was a strange thing indeed to witness the writing of history. I guess I’d have to make sure we didn’t fuck it up.

Laughing to myself, I worked on answering the various questions and reading reports that were coming in. I had no shortage of tasks to keep me busy after Abigail left to take the helm of the Galactic Dawn. It was a job I didn’t envy. She was responsible for 20 percent of the Alliance’s combined fleet. Octavia was her second in command, so I knew she was in good company.

Still, a good portion of the assembled ships weren’t military. They were a strange brew of civilians, Renegades, and private security. It wouldn’t be easy to command people who weren’t used to following orders. I anticipated lack of experience would be responsible for more than a few deaths. Unfortunately, the most we could do was provide every captain and pilot with data on the Celestials’ tactics in hopes their AIs help compensate.

More ships were arriving hourly, but there was still no sign of the Sarkonian fleet. I was beginning to suspect that one of two things had happened. It could be that some

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