[The Frontiers Saga 10] - Liberation (2014) by Ryk Brown

Author:Ryk Brown [Brown, Ryk]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2014-06-12T06:00:00+00:00

Nathan turned away from the view screen, looking aft toward the comm-center at the back of the bridge. “Discontinue propellant transfer and retract the transfer boom.”

“Aye, sir,” Naralena answered.

“How’s the threat board?” Nathan asked his tactical officer.

“Board is clear, Captain. All sensor feeds from the Talons on lookout also show clear.”

“Propellant transfer boom is disconnected and is being retracted,” the systems officer reported.

“Very well.” Nathan turned forward again. “Move us up and away, then aft, of the Celestia, Mister Chiles.”

“Aye, sir. Thrusting up and away.”

Nathan watched the main view screen as the image of the Celestia, which had filled the entire screen for the last hour, began to fall away from them.

“Fifty meters,” the navigator reported.

“Propellant boom is secure,” the systems officer reported.

“Very well,” Nathan answered.

“Seventy-five meters.”

“Let’s move aft of her,” Nathan ordered.

“Thrusting forward,” Mister Chiles answered from the helm.

The image of the Celestia on the main view screen began to slide over them as the Aurora moved aft of her.

“Ten meters per second relative,” Mister Chiles reported.

“One hundred meters above the Celestia and rising,” Mister Riley reported.

Nathan continued to watch as they passed over the top of the Celestia. A minute later, they had cleared the aft end of their sister ship, and the surface of Metis was sliding over them instead.

“Altitude now one-fifty and rising.”

“Yaw to port and rotate us one-eighty, Mister Chiles,” Nathan ordered. “Then hold our distance from the Celestia.”

“Yawing one-eighty to port and holding distance, aye,” Mister Chiles answered.

“Focus our forward cameras on the Celestia after we come around, Mister Navashee. I don’t want to miss this.”

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