Federation Reborn 1: Battle Lines
“Admiral Frost demanded, glaring for all his worth at the two hapless lieutenant commanders standing in front of his desk. One meaty index finger stabbed down onto the blotter. “You two twits are telling me that a force has taken Protodon? A force of what, three destroyers and some support ships? And they took out Jean Bart and three of our ships?”
“Yes, sir,” Dutch said, finally glad the fat admiral had caught on to the obvious. “As you can see from our report and our recordings ….” He was feel...ing relief over the admiral's catching on. He'd had to fight through various levels of bureaucracy to get the admiral to talk to them and take the threat seriously.
Eight weeks and thirty-nine hours. That was how long it had taken them to get to the star system. A long drawn-out time period to jump the 12.4 light years, agonizing in that they'd been terrified that the enemy would be hard on their heels. At least Nuevo Madrid had a small repair yard; one that could theoretically rebuild the freighter.MoreLess
“Yes, sir,” Dutch said, finally glad the fat admiral had caught on to the obvious. “As you can see from our report and our recordings ….” He was feel...ing relief over the admiral's catching on. He'd had to fight through various levels of bureaucracy to get the admiral to talk to them and take the threat seriously.
Eight weeks and thirty-nine hours. That was how long it had taken them to get to the star system. A long drawn-out time period to jump the 12.4 light years, agonizing in that they'd been terrified that the enemy would be hard on their heels. At least Nuevo Madrid had a small repair yard; one that could theoretically rebuild the freighter.MoreLess
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