Silver Tower by Dale Brown

Author:Dale Brown [Brown, Dale]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

the United States has lost a lot more than just an SBR platform.

Saint-Michael stayed silent, seemingly lost in thought. Walker sensed the shift in the general's thinking and nodded to Marks, who said, "At Jim's request, sir, I've worked up the fuel considerations involved in putting us back in polar orbit. " He handed S4int-Michacl another printout. "We would have enough fuel to reestablish the new orbit, and we wouldn't be dependent on so many refuelings-" "Skipper, warning message from Space Command tracking, " Moyer broke in through the stationwide intercom. "Orbiting vehicle within five miles vertically and one hundred miles laterally from the station."

Saint-Michael quickly sat back in his commander's seat; Walker returned to his position beside Jefferson on the master SBR display.

Saint-Michael keyed the intercom. "Jerrod, status of your refueling. I I

"Few more minutes."

-you're out of time, Jerrod. Attention on the station. Emergency. Discontinue all refueling operations. AD crewmen except command module personnel report aboard Enterprise immediately. This station is on red alert. Jake, discontinue SBR earth surveillance. Launch commit all Thor interceptors for station defense. " He turned to Walker. "Jim, can you handle the Space Command relays and back up Jake on the SBR board?" "Sure thing." "Okay. Moyer, get into a space suit. You're our life insurance." The young tech nodded and hurried off to where one of the space suits had temporarily been stowed in a corner of the command module. "I want rescue balls within immediate reach. I I

"Space command tracking vehicle within two miles vertical, sixty miles horizontal," Walker reported. "Tracking re-

ports vehicle is under power and maneuvering." "Jerrod, get Ente?prise the hell out of here." "Tracidrig reports three nwre vehicles maneuvering within-9' "Ann isn't on board yet, Jason."

Saint-Michael got both transmissions at the same time, pressed his earset closer to hear better. "Say again, Jerrod - "

Will repeated the message. Before Saint-Michael could explode he heard, "Fifty miles, now at our altitude. Collis on course. Repeat, collision course. "

I 'What the hell. . . . " Saint-Michael turned quickly to station-wide speaker intercom. "Ann Page, report to the command module immediately. Acknowledge."

No reply. The general knew he had to force himself to put her out of his mind and concentrate on the attack. He turned back around toward the master

SBR display. "Jake. . . ." "SBR lock-on, Skipper. Laser target discrimination in progress. I I

Tethered one hundred yards below Silver Tower, the Thor space-based interceptor-missile garage had obeyed the steering commands sent to it by the station's powerful phased-array radar and had pointed the business end of the garage toward the oncoming antisatellite vehicle. When the SBR locked on, it also slaved a neutral particle-beam laser projector onto the Soviet space vehicle. At that point the laser illuminated the three-ton Gorgon missile, and special sensors analyzed the reflected laser energy. A solid object large enough to damage the station would reflect a different wavelength of energy than a less substantial, lightweight decoy. Once the decoys were discovered, Armstrong's weapons could be employed against only those objects that were a real threat to the station.

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