Death Never Leaves a Calling Card (Stories From the Filaments Book 5) by Andrew Saxon

Author:Andrew, Saxon [Andrew, Saxon]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Saxon Andrew Publishing LLC
Published: 2017-04-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Lieutenant Bharate swept out of the reverse flow and fell in behind the Tronan Warships moving at high speed toward the initial attack site. “Alright, you all know the drill. Maintain your spacing and keep the line intact. Once we start hitting them, do not slow down or you’ll get to know a trillium blast up close and personal.”

The thirty-scouts went to two-thirds speed and flew through the giant blaster barrages behind the giant warships and then flew through the booster wash just before puncturing the hulls of the Tronan Warships. They ejected an Egg in the punctured ships and blew out of the bows. They continued puncturing ships ahead of them and were shoved by the massive blasts of the ships exploding behind them. In what seems like an extremely short time they flew out of the huge Tronan formations. The remainder of the Tronan force had moved out of the filament into normal space. The thirty-scouts swung hard left before running into Captain Jugg’s Phalanx. They reentered the reverse flow and accelerated to maximum speed to join the rest of their fleet.

Claret watched them make the turn and shook his head. They barely missed hitting his massed scouts and that would have not been a good thing; sailors would have died from the impact. He would recommend to fleet that the distance between the first and second phalanx would need to be greatly increased if they had to do this in the future.

• • •

Randy remained behind the scouts he sent into the reverse flow with the Phalanxes holding station in the filament. He could not move them into the fight at the intersection until Gem’s scout fleets handled the Tronan that entered normal space. They could move back into the filament if he moved his forces forward and escape through to Heaven’s intersection. He was going to have to depend on Teg to handle the fight for the other intersection. Hours passed and Randy prayed that Gem would launch his attack soon.

• • •

Tamara looked at Blake and said, “I want a family.”

Blake glanced at his wife sitting beside him and smiled, “So do I love. But I want them to be born into a world where they don’t face the possibility of being eaten by an alien species. We’re going to have to trust our technology to get us through this.”

“I know. But this is new. We’re punching into side of their formation and have to turn while we’re still inside a Tronan Warship.” Blake nodded and said, “I’ve heard from the first units to do it that they came through it ok. You just lay the Egg before we exit. Four minutes until we exit the filament to the other side.”

Tamara nodded and pressed the red button on her console activating the lever. She put her right hand on it and reached across and squeezed Blake’s hand. He returned her squeeze and said, “Make sure your belts are tight. The first punch will be the worst.

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