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Posted: 2012-10-19 10:10:53
Serialized Fiction
UEES Carrier “Gemini”
AO: CENTAURI SYSTEMS
“You are not in control here.” That was said about eight times in the past two minutes like I didn’t hear them the first time…
Cal’s ship jolted the second it hit Yar’s atmo. Penny and the rest of her wing had already punched through and disappeared into the dense clouds of the upper atmosphere…
The cold sea of space. Some people love it. Thrive in it. It weirds me out. They think of it as freedom…
Forty percent shields. Four of his monitors had cut off. Only two missiles left in the right wing pod. Guns and fuel were doing okay. That was the good news…
This is not good. I felt like I was standing on a landmine. I couldn’t tell if the assassin had left or not, no matter what scan I ran…
Cal Mason gave a last look at the Gemini, still working its way free from Yar’s gravitational pull, at Penny and the rest of the wing fall into a landing formation.
Three systems away from where I ditched the Advocacy Agent. If I kept going I would start hitting more populated systems…
Penny hadn’t moved in seventeen minutes. Admiral Showalter sent for her while she was heading for the after-action debriefing. That she was expecting. What she didn’t expect was the silence…
I don’t consider myself a vain person, but there is a pride, a certain calculation, you take in your reputation. So the notion that some dreg is out there using your name is bad enough, but snatching kids to sell into slavery? That makes me want to draw blood.