In Earth's Service (Mapped Space book 2)
“I was used to flying blind – there was no way to avoid it, no signal of any kind could penetrate a superluminal bubble – but not seeing the autonav plotting our progress against the infallible Tau Cetin charts was strangely unnerving.
Jase and I took turns standing watch while Izin locked himself in the Silver Lining trying to crack the Consortium’s navlog encryption. In my spare time, I studied the armaments the Merak Star was still carrying for the Drakes in three of its four cargo holds. At ...first glance, they appeared to be everything the Brotherhood could want, except they were all hard hitting military grade weapons designed for war fighting, and that was the problem. The Brotherhood wanted loot, not glory. The only booty they’d get with these weapons would be corpses and radioactive wrecks. There was no profit in that.
“Skipper,” Jase’s voice sounded over the intercom in hold two. “We’ve arrived.”
“On my way,” I said, pushing off in zero gravity toward the forward hatch.MoreLess
Jase and I took turns standing watch while Izin locked himself in the Silver Lining trying to crack the Consortium’s navlog encryption. In my spare time, I studied the armaments the Merak Star was still carrying for the Drakes in three of its four cargo holds. At ...first glance, they appeared to be everything the Brotherhood could want, except they were all hard hitting military grade weapons designed for war fighting, and that was the problem. The Brotherhood wanted loot, not glory. The only booty they’d get with these weapons would be corpses and radioactive wrecks. There was no profit in that.
“Skipper,” Jase’s voice sounded over the intercom in hold two. “We’ve arrived.”
“On my way,” I said, pushing off in zero gravity toward the forward hatch.MoreLess
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