Cradle of War (A Captain's Crucible book 3)
“The two Centurions resided on either side of him; Barrick lingered a meter away from the rightmost. Both Centurions were unarmed—the Raakarr had made the robots give up their weapons outside the entry hatch, with a promise to return them on the way out. Jonathan had readily agreed—in his mind the robots were weapons in and of themselves.
He observed his surroundings through the thick yellow mist of the alien atmosphere. The metal bulkheads of the bridge formed a seamless compartment so that... Jonathan felt like he stood inside an elongated sphere. There were strange, seemingly decorative hollows in that sphere, matched symmetrically on three sides. Barrick had told him he believed the shape was based on the inside of a Raakarr skull.
A cylindrical pit resided in the center of the compartment, giving the impression that Jonathan occupied an elevated walkway. Six Raakarr, absent their usual darkness generators, sat side by side in the pit, their backs to a thin pillar that climbed to the overhead.MoreLess
He observed his surroundings through the thick yellow mist of the alien atmosphere. The metal bulkheads of the bridge formed a seamless compartment so that... Jonathan felt like he stood inside an elongated sphere. There were strange, seemingly decorative hollows in that sphere, matched symmetrically on three sides. Barrick had told him he believed the shape was based on the inside of a Raakarr skull.
A cylindrical pit resided in the center of the compartment, giving the impression that Jonathan occupied an elevated walkway. Six Raakarr, absent their usual darkness generators, sat side by side in the pit, their backs to a thin pillar that climbed to the overhead.MoreLess
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