The Complete Magitech Chronicles: Books 1-7 in the Epic Space Fantasy Saga by Chris Fox

Author:Chris Fox [Fox, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chris Fox Writes LLC.
Published: 2020-02-10T22:00:00+00:00

33

Wait and See

Voria wasn’t certain what to expect when she guided the First Spellship into Ternus space. The Fissure snapped shut behind her, and the scry-screen now displayed a dazzling array of weaponry, all pointed in their direction. Countless gauss rifles bristled on dozens of orbital stations, which formed a perfect sphere around the planet’s umbral shadow.

“One moment, uh, Colonel,” Pickus muttered as his eyes ceaselessly scanned the computer screen. “There we go. We’re not yet authorized to move forward, not until they complete their scans.”

“What kind of scans, precisely?” Voria drummed her fingers on the stabilizing ring. Despite having served the Confederacy for decades, she’d never been to Ternus, and the place unnerved her. The idea of so much technology seemed so…cold, and devoid of life.

Even from this distance she could see that the world was covered in massive, concentric rings. Cities. Continent-sized cities. No part of the world had escaped, at least none she could see from orbit.

Pickus withdrew a toothpick from his pocket and rolled it between two fingers. His eyes never left the screen. “They’re running a broad-spectrum analysis, but beyond that I can’t rightly say.”

Voria shivered. Something prickled along the skin of the First Spellship, and her link to the vessel conveyed the feeling. “They’re doing something magical as well.”

Ikadra’s sapphire flashed, and he thrummed in her grip. “I sense fire, mostly. I thought these guys were all anti-magic and stuff?”

Voria considered that as the scan completed. “They’ve got that reputation, but I’ve always wondered. Ternus has a lot of money, and the Inuran Consortium is happy to sell all sorts of magitech if the price is right. I suspect it was a wise investment.”

“They just gave us the all clear sir. We’ve been given a course to the nadir point of the planet, over the southern continent.” Pickus punched a few more buttons on his screen. “Apparently we’ll be docking with Alamo Station, where Governor Austin will receive you.”

“Acknowledged.” Voria willed the Spellship in that direction, and the vessel followed. Unlike with the Wyrm Hunter, piloting was not an ongoing task, unless she wished it to be. Now that the vessel understood where she wanted to go it would pick the most direct route to get there unless she modified the directive.

That gave her time to think. Pickus was blessedly silent, other than the clatter of his keyboard. So what would the coming days require of her? She’d come to help Ternus, but beyond bringing this ship she wasn’t sure what she could offer the war effort. She knew little of Nebiat’s plans or ultimate motivations. And that would make answering this Governor’s questions all the more difficult.

He’d want to know why she was here, instead of New Texas, and explaining that auguries and premonitions were why she’d chose not to assist probably wasn’t going to go over very well.

They circled the planet in high orbit, the sky around the planet lit with a lethal array of glittering stars, each a missile or drone platform like those she’d seen at previous battles.

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