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Authors: John Walker
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Cleanup crews will be pissed about this one .
“Giant control, this is White Knight One. We have finished the final engagement. No other hostiles on scan.”
“Affirmative,” Giant control replied. “Good job but stay alert. If anything else comes out of that thing, shoot it down.”
“This is our sky now, sir,” Meagan replied. “We won’t give it up to anyone.”
“I’ll hold you to that, Meagan. Revente out.”
Chapter 6
“The fighters successfully destroyed the drones,” Everly announced. “Casualty reports coming in.”
“Patch them through to my tablet,” Gray said. He sat in his chair and looked over the results. They lost one ship and four more were damaged. Not bad considering the odds but still, worse than he’d hoped for. “Did we recover the pilot from the downed ship?”
“Their ejection pod has been located and we’re bringing in their core as well,” Everly replied. “They’re reporting minimal injuries but we won’t know until they hit the sick bay.”
“Better than it could’ve been, worse than I wanted.” Gray set the tablet down. “Redding, get us in closer but boost our shields. I don’t want any surprises from that thing. If it starts shooting, I want full weapons lock.”
“Aye, sir. Maneuvering thrusters activated.” Redding paused as she tapped away at her console. “Weapons targeted and locked. Distance?”
“Get us within two hundred kilometers,” Olly said. “That should be plenty for me to finally pierce their defenses and finalize our data.”
“Okay,” Redding engaged the thrusters and the ship started moving. “ETA, five minutes.”
“Make sure the fighters clear our path,” Gray said.
Everly hit the com control. “Revente, keep your pilots out of our wake.”
“Pretty sure they know that without me telling them,” Revente replied. “But I’ll remind them not to get tossed out into deep space.”
Everly shook his head. “He gets a little pissy with the obvious ones.”
“Understandable,” Clea said. “I’ve found most humans prefer to be given the benefit of the doubt. Unfortunately, they so rarely deserve it.”
“Ouch, Clea.” Everly clicked his tongue. “Not exactly a kind observation about my people.”
“I’m not trying to be cruel.” Clea shrugged. “Let’s just say there’s a reason soldiers receive orders and people require bosses. Even in my culture, we do have the occasional person who needs corrective action.”
“Bring Marshall on the line,” Gray said. “Tell him his men better be ready for deployment.”
“Marshall, are your boys ready to go?” Everly asked.
“They’re in the drop ship but you’d better have more to give me or I’m going to need to draft everyone on board to take that thing.”
“We’re working on it now,” Everly replied. “Relax. We’ll feed our scans to your tablet in a few minutes.” He muted the com. “I hope you know what you’re doing, Olly.”
“I do.” Olly glanced back and smiled. “I’ve had plenty of time to study this thing and the drones gave me some insights as well. I’m coding a new algorithm to get through any interference, radiation or otherwise. This should give me a good indication of what’s going on inside and potentially, I’ll be able to access any sort of visual equipment they
Cleanup crews will be pissed about this one .
“Giant control, this is White Knight One. We have finished the final engagement. No other hostiles on scan.”
“Affirmative,” Giant control replied. “Good job but stay alert. If anything else comes out of that thing, shoot it down.”
“This is our sky now, sir,” Meagan replied. “We won’t give it up to anyone.”
“I’ll hold you to that, Meagan. Revente out.”
Chapter 6
“The fighters successfully destroyed the drones,” Everly announced. “Casualty reports coming in.”
“Patch them through to my tablet,” Gray said. He sat in his chair and looked over the results. They lost one ship and four more were damaged. Not bad considering the odds but still, worse than he’d hoped for. “Did we recover the pilot from the downed ship?”
“Their ejection pod has been located and we’re bringing in their core as well,” Everly replied. “They’re reporting minimal injuries but we won’t know until they hit the sick bay.”
“Better than it could’ve been, worse than I wanted.” Gray set the tablet down. “Redding, get us in closer but boost our shields. I don’t want any surprises from that thing. If it starts shooting, I want full weapons lock.”
“Aye, sir. Maneuvering thrusters activated.” Redding paused as she tapped away at her console. “Weapons targeted and locked. Distance?”
“Get us within two hundred kilometers,” Olly said. “That should be plenty for me to finally pierce their defenses and finalize our data.”
“Okay,” Redding engaged the thrusters and the ship started moving. “ETA, five minutes.”
“Make sure the fighters clear our path,” Gray said.
Everly hit the com control. “Revente, keep your pilots out of our wake.”
“Pretty sure they know that without me telling them,” Revente replied. “But I’ll remind them not to get tossed out into deep space.”
Everly shook his head. “He gets a little pissy with the obvious ones.”
“Understandable,” Clea said. “I’ve found most humans prefer to be given the benefit of the doubt. Unfortunately, they so rarely deserve it.”
“Ouch, Clea.” Everly clicked his tongue. “Not exactly a kind observation about my people.”
“I’m not trying to be cruel.” Clea shrugged. “Let’s just say there’s a reason soldiers receive orders and people require bosses. Even in my culture, we do have the occasional person who needs corrective action.”
“Bring Marshall on the line,” Gray said. “Tell him his men better be ready for deployment.”
“Marshall, are your boys ready to go?” Everly asked.
“They’re in the drop ship but you’d better have more to give me or I’m going to need to draft everyone on board to take that thing.”
“We’re working on it now,” Everly replied. “Relax. We’ll feed our scans to your tablet in a few minutes.” He muted the com. “I hope you know what you’re doing, Olly.”
“I do.” Olly glanced back and smiled. “I’ve had plenty of time to study this thing and the drones gave me some insights as well. I’m coding a new algorithm to get through any interference, radiation or otherwise. This should give me a good indication of what’s going on inside and potentially, I’ll be able to access any sort of visual equipment they
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