The Ghost Fleet by Trevor Wyatt

Author:Trevor Wyatt [Wyatt, Trevor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pax Aeterna Press
Published: 2018-03-21T22:00:00+00:00

Ashley

There were three raiders on Ashley’s tail.

Her breathing was shallow, and the grip she had on the raider’s main controls was firm. She had her eyes trained on the small viewscreen right in front of her, and she processed all the information and blinking lights faster than she had ever believed to be possible. Inside her Hunter’s cockpit, Ashley felt right at home.

“Alright, let’s have some fun,” she whispered to herself as she forced her raider to make a sharp turn to the right. She felt as if her body was glued to the seat, and she could almost swear she heard her bones rattling inside her. But despite all that, she felt alive. Happy.

“Steady, steady,” Ashley mumbled, watching as her screen warned that one of the raiders behind her had locked its weapons. She kept her Hunter moving fast toward her right, and then reached for the side with her left hand. She felt the hard contour of a lever there, and then curled her fingers tight around it. When she felt the time was right, she pulled the lever as hard as she could and engaged the raider’s reverse thrusters, forcing the ship to decelerate fast. She gritted her teeth, feeling as if someone had shot her with a cannonball in the chest, but kept her eyes focused.

The three raiders that were pursuing her flew past in a hurry, and then she released the thruster’s lever and went for the weapon’s control, unleashing all of her Hunter’s fury on the other ships.

“Gotcha.”

ALL TARGETS DOWN, a message read on her screen, superimposed over all the other information.

“Better luck next time, guys,” she laughed, opening her comm channel.

“Not with you around, Hunter One,” one of other pilots responded, and the others joined in agreement.

“Good job anyway,” Ashley commented, pleased with the squadron’s performance. “Let’s head back,” she continued, and then rejoined the other three raiders in a close formation pattern. Now moving at a steady pace, the four ships started making their way toward the hulking shape in the distance, The Seeker.

Ashley led the way, all of her adrenaline slowly receding from her bloodstream. It felt good to be out in space, even if just for a couple of hours. Whenever she had the opportunity, she always carved the time to join the Hunter pilots during training. As first officer of The Seeker, she wasn’t really supposed to be inside a raider cockpit, but she was so good at it that Jeryl simply couldn’t deny her the pleasure.

After docking inside The Seeker’s hangar, she took her time before exiting the cockpit. She sat there all alone, and took a deep breath as she tried to prepare herself for the day ahead. One quick shower and she’d be putting on her first officer uniform and joining Jeryl at CNC again. Lately, it seemed that he never stayed away from The Seeker’s bridge for more than a few hours at a time; she couldn’t even remember the last time she had woken up next to him.

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