The Archeon Codex: Guardians of the Galactic Sentinel Book 2 by Phillip Nolte

The Archeon Codex: Guardians of the Galactic Sentinel Book 2 by Phillip Nolte

Author:Phillip Nolte
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2017-04-08T06:00:00+00:00


Chapter 38. Back to Ol' Sol.

Sol System, Undesignated Hyperlink Zone, October 13, 2676.

{...Hyper transit discontinuity...}

Capri, Lenin and the gargantuan Helianthus phased into the Sol system through the previously unmapped hyperlink zone Capri had used to exit the system. All three captains were in the process of putting some distance between their ships and the chaotic currents of the hyperlink zone before switching over to sublight drive.

"Lenin? This is Capri," sent Gertrude. "What is your reaction fluid status?"

"Marginal," replied Kozloff. "We're down to a little over three percent. Probably enough to match vectors with another ship or scrub off enough velocity to dock with an orbital platform, but not much more. You say you have a contact here who can supply us with more reaction fluid?"

"I do," replied Gertrude. "It's my father. He's sending a tanker to meet us as soon as we come out of sublight."

"Your father has a tanker?"

"Actually, he has a whole fleet of them."

"Just who is your father anyway?"

"His name is Holger Tvedt; he's King of the Sol Vikings."

"You're one of the Sol Vikings? Pardon my ignorance, but I thought that..." Kozloff stopped, realizing what he had been about to say was probably inappropriate.

"...that we're all ruthless killers?" said Gertrude, finishing the thought for him.

"I wasn't going to use those exact words."

"Well, just so you know, we can be, especially if you do something to get on the wrong side of us."

"I guarantee we'll all be on our best behavior."

"Never fear, Captain. I think you'll find we're actually quite civilized."

"We've just entered the sublight insertion zone," reported Ariane, effectively ending the conversation.

The three ships phased into sublight within a few minutes of each other. Sublight transit didn't require the use of reaction fluid so Lenin would be able to retain her meager supply and still be able to perform limited maneuvers after returning to normal space.



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