Starshine by Brandy Linnenkohl

Author:Brandy Linnenkohl [Jennsen, G. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sci-fi space opera, Sci Fi, Sci-fi, Sci-Fi Romance, Science Fiction - Adventure, Science Fiction, Science Fiction - General, Science Fiction - High Tech, Science Fiction - Space Opera, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction And Fantasy, science fiction romance, science fiction series, Science Fiction/Fantasy, science-fiction, Scif-fi, scifi, scifi romance, SciFi-Futuristic Romance, space adventure, Space Colonization, Space Exploration, space fleet, space fleets, Space Opera, Space Ships, space travel, Space Warfare, Spaceships
ISBN: 9780996014113
Publisher: Hypernova Publishing via Indie Author Project
Published: 2014-03-23T06:00:00+00:00

32

SENECA

Cavare

* * *

Michael pulled the collar of his jacket up to his ears as he exited the restaurant. A cold front had moved in over the course of the afternoon, and the night air now carried a stinging chill.

Nonetheless, he chose to walk the dozen blocks back to Division HQ. He needed the brief solitude—if one considered being surrounded by hundreds of pedestrians going about their business solitude—to get his head focused in the right direction. The dinner had been a brief but necessary departure from work, if only to make sure his father was doing well. Which he was. His father perpetually insisted Michael didn’t need to worry over him; it never stopped him from doing so.

With the arrival of hostilities—a full-on war as of this evening—his teams were being pulled off the Summit investigation and re-tasked toward Alliance missions. Pretty much everything about the assassination still struck him as wrong, but he tried to convince himself it hardly mattered now. Events were moving fast; before long the assassination would be merely a footnote as the incident which kicked off a series of incidents which kicked off another war.

Though he had a few people embedded in the Alliance infrastructure and its periphery, for the most part such long-term espionage missions fell under the purview of other sections of Division. Special Operations tended to undertake focused, directed actions in lieu of passive spying. Going forward those actions were to be targeted at Alliance interests. He bore no particular ill will toward the Alliance or its citizens as a rule, but war was war—and the visuals of Palluda were certainly disturbing enough to stir up a case of righteous indignation.

He wove through the crowd materializing when a levtram arrived and its passengers disembarked. For the moment, life continued on as normal in Cavare, and the streets thrummed with citizens working, playing and transitioning between—

His eVi signaled an incoming livecomm request from Caleb Marano. Huh. In the chaos which had been the last week he’d had no chance to wonder about the Metis Nebula mission. He started to put the agent off…but once he got to the office he expected to again be overwhelmed for many hours.

“Agent Marano, it’s good to hear from you. As soon as you can get back to Seneca, your services will definitely be in demand.”

“The war, of course. We’ll talk about it in a bit, but I’m afraid there’s a larger problem.”

His pace slowed. “Larger than a war? You found something in Metis?”

“You could say so. I found an army.”

“An army? I’m going to need you to be more specific.”

“A sizeable army of alien warships gathering. I’m sending a few visuals.”

“Now is not the time for—” An image of a tentacled ship of obsidian metal with a red glowing core appeared on his whisper. It was followed by one showing an uncountable number of identical such vessels docked in rows along the hull of a massive—there was no scale reference, but he sensed it was massive—carrier ship. A final image pulled out to reveal dozens of such carrier ships.

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