The Shattering War by James Edward

Author:James Edward [Edward, James]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781480832145
Publisher: Author Solutions Inc.
Published: 2016-06-21T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

Some fast action required

RAY, BEV, LYDIA, AND EARLY were sitting around the table at the cafeteria enjoying some idle time when all their implants thrummed.

“Ship coming through the gate, sirs. They claim they are Viking and the heavy cruiser Raptor. They are pinging a code word of Barbarossa. Came call from Guard One. Instructions please.”

“Put the pickets on alert and bring your shields to strength. Welcome the Viking and request a parking orbit beside the main warehouse. We will scan his ship for trackers and other listening devices before bringing them in closer. Have tugs and scanner units brought up to their position,” Ray responded. “Invite the Viking and his XO to visit the Nerve Center and put a shuttle at their disposal.”

“Roger that,” came the reply.

An hour later, Ray with his XO welcomed Olaf and his XO into the boardroom. “Welcome, Captain Trogsen. I believe that this is your XO, Lady Darla Song. This is my XO, Lydia Goodfellow. Would you all like to sit? Can we supply you with any refreshments?”

“It is nice to be here. It has been a long and arduous journey for us, one that as far as most of us are concerned has supplied us with a safe haven but not a happy ending,” Olaf said as he sat down. “I don’t know if you are aware of the circumstance of our journey, but suffice to say that the Fleet has abandoned us to a fate of starvation and death. Until that time, we were loyal to the Fleet.”

“As of now,” Ray said, “we are aware that the Fleet is stripping the loyal officers off of their ships and sending them to Doust for internment and re-education. Their families have being rounded up and sent to reeducation camps in the countryside. This is where the PRC has control of the planetary government. These are all sad times, but here we are still trying for normalcy. The Raptor will be refitted right away, and your crew will remain intact. There will be offers to some of these people as we can use experienced people in certain categories. Olaf, you are a brilliant strategist and tactician, so I would really like you to join us at the board. If the heavy is needed for action, you will be at the helm, but in the meantime, your brain is better here so we can pick it. Both of you will have lots of opportunities for sizing up what you want and what needs to be done. Your crew is invited to enjoy some R&R at Darcy, our residential planetoid.”

“What refitting does the Raptor need?” Lady Song asked. “We had a pretty complete upgrade just five months ago.”

“You had a Fleet refit, Lady Song. This will be a Conrad refit. You probably didn’t realize, but while you were docking the Raptor, you were shadowed by two cruisers and two destroyers. If you had fired on them, let’s just say they are armored enough to take a direct hit by everything except a Tiger missile.

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