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Posted: 2012-12-21 11:10:08
All RSI communications
In the Nul system, Grady Monk passed the time waiting for his contact by watching its only star. Scientists said it was a pulsating star. Didn’t look like it was pulsating to him…
The light frame of the P52 screamed from the pull of interspace. Everything blurred. Sound flipped between a screaming turbine and tone silence. The starboard wing crumpled and tore off.
Penny waited, arms crossed, in the cold holding cell. Her foot tapped a beat on the floor. Six hours and fifteen minutes passed since guards dumped her in this chair.
Penny stared at her blank SysBook. It was totally dead. It wouldn’t even turn on. This was not happening, not after all she went through to customize this rig…
Lt. Cal Mason’s funeral turned out to be a contained affair. The squadron stood proudly in formation but otherwise only a handful of officers and deck crew attended.
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…
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.
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…
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…
UEES Carrier “Gemini”
AO: CENTAURI SYSTEMS