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to.”
“Why?”
“You don’t have a Clan.”
“So?” Travis asked. “There are others that don’t.”
“No one else rejected their Clan stating that they
were too important to Star Force to be involved in one.”
“Our battlemeld research was top priority…or am I missing something.”
“Your Clan affiliation wasn’t hindering that. You
ditched it to state you were on the level of the trailblazers, not a
subordinate…which is pretty much like flipping them off. The fact that you
haven’t hooked up with a Clan since then is going to keep you on a lot of
people’s black list, and when they’re recruiting favorites, well, that ain’t going to be you.”
“Except for you, it seems,” Karen pointed out.
“Oh, I completely agree with the others. You two are
unbearable,” Kara said deadpan. “I just happen to like you anyway.”
“Thanks, sis,” Travis said with a heavy dose of
sarcasm.
Kara pointed a finger at him to her right, and
suddenly he was bodily slammed across three empty seats and into the wall by
her telekinesis. She turned to face Karen with an apologetic look on her face.
“Sorry. Was channeling Paul there for a moment.”
6
February 27, 2755
Numar System
(Calavari Region)
Sashneo
Kara’s jumpship entered the system to find a long
stream of vessels in the process of making the microjump out from Sashneo and
pooling around the exiting jumpline headed to Pagaliss…meaning they’d got here
just in time to catch the convoy before it left.
The honorary trailblazer watched from the command
nexus as she sent a waypoint to the ship’s helmsman indicating where she wanted
them to converge. Once they were in close enough range for realtime
transmissions she got a line to the Megazord , with a hologram of Morgan materializing in front
of her from the waist up.
“You’re late, youngling.”
“Couldn’t be helped. I was out of comm range for a long time.”
“Heavy fighting I heard.”
“Very,” Kara emphasized. “The lizards might be moving
the line in their favor, but the carnage is pretty even. We’re lucky neither of
them is focusing that level of attention on us.”
“They couldn’t get past the Sentinels without being
eviscerated first.”
“Agreed, but we couldn’t be pushing outward like we
are now, tech advantage or no. I really think we’ve been put on the back
burner. They’re having to fight hard against the Skarrons, but the territorial
gains are huge compared to what the ADZ would offer.”
“They always have focused where others are weak.”
“I wouldn’t call the Skarrons weak, but they are
kicking their ass right now.”
“As big as the lizards’ empire is compared to us, the
same is true for the Skarrons compared to the lizards. They’re not going to
beat them, especially if we start cutting the heart out of their territory
here.”
“I wouldn’t make any bets at this point. Did you read
the full report?”
“No, I just skimmed.”
“When you get some free time look at the Broongal invasion. We camped out there for two weeks, with
recorders running the entire time.”
“I’ll add it to my list. Are you coming in that
jumpship or do you want to transfer over to my command ship?”
“We’ve still got a full complement of drones to add to
the melee, so I don’t see any reason not to bring it along.”
“I meant where do you want to
ride.”
“I brought the twins with me, so I’ll be staying here
unless you want them on your ship.”
Morgan laughed. “I may not like them, but I’m not
banning them from my ship. Transfer over before we jump and I’ll add your
warship to my fleet group.”
“Sounds good.”
“Where are you planning to throw down once we get
there?”
“Are we ramming down their throats, or do I have some
time to sneak around first?”
“The bulk of the ground troops are coming on a three
day delay, but I am sending a few ships ahead of the main body to pull scouting
data so
“Why?”
“You don’t have a Clan.”
“So?” Travis asked. “There are others that don’t.”
“No one else rejected their Clan stating that they
were too important to Star Force to be involved in one.”
“Our battlemeld research was top priority…or am I missing something.”
“Your Clan affiliation wasn’t hindering that. You
ditched it to state you were on the level of the trailblazers, not a
subordinate…which is pretty much like flipping them off. The fact that you
haven’t hooked up with a Clan since then is going to keep you on a lot of
people’s black list, and when they’re recruiting favorites, well, that ain’t going to be you.”
“Except for you, it seems,” Karen pointed out.
“Oh, I completely agree with the others. You two are
unbearable,” Kara said deadpan. “I just happen to like you anyway.”
“Thanks, sis,” Travis said with a heavy dose of
sarcasm.
Kara pointed a finger at him to her right, and
suddenly he was bodily slammed across three empty seats and into the wall by
her telekinesis. She turned to face Karen with an apologetic look on her face.
“Sorry. Was channeling Paul there for a moment.”
6
February 27, 2755
Numar System
(Calavari Region)
Sashneo
Kara’s jumpship entered the system to find a long
stream of vessels in the process of making the microjump out from Sashneo and
pooling around the exiting jumpline headed to Pagaliss…meaning they’d got here
just in time to catch the convoy before it left.
The honorary trailblazer watched from the command
nexus as she sent a waypoint to the ship’s helmsman indicating where she wanted
them to converge. Once they were in close enough range for realtime
transmissions she got a line to the Megazord , with a hologram of Morgan materializing in front
of her from the waist up.
“You’re late, youngling.”
“Couldn’t be helped. I was out of comm range for a long time.”
“Heavy fighting I heard.”
“Very,” Kara emphasized. “The lizards might be moving
the line in their favor, but the carnage is pretty even. We’re lucky neither of
them is focusing that level of attention on us.”
“They couldn’t get past the Sentinels without being
eviscerated first.”
“Agreed, but we couldn’t be pushing outward like we
are now, tech advantage or no. I really think we’ve been put on the back
burner. They’re having to fight hard against the Skarrons, but the territorial
gains are huge compared to what the ADZ would offer.”
“They always have focused where others are weak.”
“I wouldn’t call the Skarrons weak, but they are
kicking their ass right now.”
“As big as the lizards’ empire is compared to us, the
same is true for the Skarrons compared to the lizards. They’re not going to
beat them, especially if we start cutting the heart out of their territory
here.”
“I wouldn’t make any bets at this point. Did you read
the full report?”
“No, I just skimmed.”
“When you get some free time look at the Broongal invasion. We camped out there for two weeks, with
recorders running the entire time.”
“I’ll add it to my list. Are you coming in that
jumpship or do you want to transfer over to my command ship?”
“We’ve still got a full complement of drones to add to
the melee, so I don’t see any reason not to bring it along.”
“I meant where do you want to
ride.”
“I brought the twins with me, so I’ll be staying here
unless you want them on your ship.”
Morgan laughed. “I may not like them, but I’m not
banning them from my ship. Transfer over before we jump and I’ll add your
warship to my fleet group.”
“Sounds good.”
“Where are you planning to throw down once we get
there?”
“Are we ramming down their throats, or do I have some
time to sneak around first?”
“The bulk of the ground troops are coming on a three
day delay, but I am sending a few ships ahead of the main body to pull scouting
data so
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