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vicious fighters and will not allow themselves to be taken captive.”
“Yes, Master,” said Karlith.
I was not very happy about how this fight had gone. There were too many unanswered questions. Why did they see only the Dust Dragon and not us? What was that surge of power near the end of the fight? Why did they stay and fight instead of fleeing when they saw the Dust Dragon?
Chapter Fourteen
Karlith reported back that they had found no bodies in the wreckage of the pirate ship. Somehow they must have left the vessel before it was destroyed. The only refuge for them close by was the base we had found on the third planet. That meant we would have to launch an assault on this base.
This would not be easy for a conventional assault team, as the base’s defenses were more than capable of stopping any assault cruiser’s approach, but we were the Dragon Guard and had other means of entry.
As I was making final preparations, Stalker approached and said, “Master, with all due respect, this is foolish … ”
“Stalker,” I said, cutting him off, “we have been over this already. I know the former Imperial Navy would not allow a ranking officer like myself on a strike like this, but I am the only spellweaver, and therefore the only one who can get everyone safely past the station’s defenses. You have command until I return.”
“But, Master,” he started.
“Enough,” I said sharply. “As soon as we begin our attack, start scanning the base and building a map. We will need it once we get inside, but I do not want to tip our hand any more than we have already.”
I looked over my team. I had five wizards and two Dark Knights with me. I would have liked to take Phoenix, but he was still recovering from his recent fight, and time was on the pirates’ side. We needed to strike fast and hard before they recovered.
Flame walked up in her full battle armor and said, “Ready?”
I had mixed feelings about bringing her. She was my wife, so I did not want her in harm’s way, but as the second most powerful magus on the Nevermore II, the strike team needed her. Ultimately what was best for the mission was to have her along.
“Ready,” I said, and then clicked my helmet in place, sealing my suit for the trip through the hard vacuum of space. Then I weaved a gate and said, “Flame, take point. Go!”
Flame charged through the gate taking the lead position, and everyone else quickly followed. When we exited the gate, we came through just outside the station’s main hangar. This put us too close to be targeted by the station’s defenses.
The two Dark Knights activated their jetpacks and flew towards the base.
“Everyone hang back until they have opened the doors,” I ordered. The Knights were highly skilled at this kind of operation so it was tempting to send them in alone, but I needed to get the Dragon Guard trained, and there was no better place to train them than here in the field.
It was not long before the doors were blown open, and the Dark Knights called back with the all-clear. “Move in. Secure the hangar,” I ordered.
It only took moments to get my team into the hangar, which was empty. I was about to move us into the base proper when the doors opened at the rear of the hangar and sentries charged in, guns blazing. Sentries were powerful robotic guardians, more than sufficient to take out a small attack team like ours; that is, if we had been mundanes.
I had expected something like this and had brought Rigal and Ferran along to counter the move. “Rigal, shield wall! Ferran, smashers!”
Rigal got his shield wall up quickly, and the Knights took position near him, firing their assault rifles to provide cover fire. Moments later, two large creatures made of stone appeared among the enemy and started breaking the robots into little pieces. The creatures were slow and stupid but were made from an extremely dense stone that made them virtually immune to energy weapons, which was all the sentries
“Yes, Master,” said Karlith.
I was not very happy about how this fight had gone. There were too many unanswered questions. Why did they see only the Dust Dragon and not us? What was that surge of power near the end of the fight? Why did they stay and fight instead of fleeing when they saw the Dust Dragon?
Chapter Fourteen
Karlith reported back that they had found no bodies in the wreckage of the pirate ship. Somehow they must have left the vessel before it was destroyed. The only refuge for them close by was the base we had found on the third planet. That meant we would have to launch an assault on this base.
This would not be easy for a conventional assault team, as the base’s defenses were more than capable of stopping any assault cruiser’s approach, but we were the Dragon Guard and had other means of entry.
As I was making final preparations, Stalker approached and said, “Master, with all due respect, this is foolish … ”
“Stalker,” I said, cutting him off, “we have been over this already. I know the former Imperial Navy would not allow a ranking officer like myself on a strike like this, but I am the only spellweaver, and therefore the only one who can get everyone safely past the station’s defenses. You have command until I return.”
“But, Master,” he started.
“Enough,” I said sharply. “As soon as we begin our attack, start scanning the base and building a map. We will need it once we get inside, but I do not want to tip our hand any more than we have already.”
I looked over my team. I had five wizards and two Dark Knights with me. I would have liked to take Phoenix, but he was still recovering from his recent fight, and time was on the pirates’ side. We needed to strike fast and hard before they recovered.
Flame walked up in her full battle armor and said, “Ready?”
I had mixed feelings about bringing her. She was my wife, so I did not want her in harm’s way, but as the second most powerful magus on the Nevermore II, the strike team needed her. Ultimately what was best for the mission was to have her along.
“Ready,” I said, and then clicked my helmet in place, sealing my suit for the trip through the hard vacuum of space. Then I weaved a gate and said, “Flame, take point. Go!”
Flame charged through the gate taking the lead position, and everyone else quickly followed. When we exited the gate, we came through just outside the station’s main hangar. This put us too close to be targeted by the station’s defenses.
The two Dark Knights activated their jetpacks and flew towards the base.
“Everyone hang back until they have opened the doors,” I ordered. The Knights were highly skilled at this kind of operation so it was tempting to send them in alone, but I needed to get the Dragon Guard trained, and there was no better place to train them than here in the field.
It was not long before the doors were blown open, and the Dark Knights called back with the all-clear. “Move in. Secure the hangar,” I ordered.
It only took moments to get my team into the hangar, which was empty. I was about to move us into the base proper when the doors opened at the rear of the hangar and sentries charged in, guns blazing. Sentries were powerful robotic guardians, more than sufficient to take out a small attack team like ours; that is, if we had been mundanes.
I had expected something like this and had brought Rigal and Ferran along to counter the move. “Rigal, shield wall! Ferran, smashers!”
Rigal got his shield wall up quickly, and the Knights took position near him, firing their assault rifles to provide cover fire. Moments later, two large creatures made of stone appeared among the enemy and started breaking the robots into little pieces. The creatures were slow and stupid but were made from an extremely dense stone that made them virtually immune to energy weapons, which was all the sentries
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