Ruler of Naught
“Lokri said.
Data leaped to Vi’ya’s console in a brief twitter. Montrose took in Lokri’s hot flush of rage and Vi’ya’s cold fury as she set up their course.
The rest of their flight down to Desrien was accomplished in silence. On a viewscreen assigned to the aft imager the massive battlecruiser dwindled. They fell toward the planet, the stars fading as the glowing limb of Desrien slowly filled the forward view.
The entire crew was on the bridge, even the Eya’a and the Omilovs. Jaim stood at the ...com console, working with Marim to repair the damage caused by Nukiel’s ruptors. The engineer’s bitter sadness—his mate Reth had often spoken of making a hejir—contrasted with Marim’s flippant attempts to hide her fear. For Jaim, at least, there was no other place to be: the captain of the Mbwa Kali had ordered the fiveskip of the Telvarna disabled and the engine room sealed shut.
To distract himself from his own ghosts, Montrose looked around the bridge as the atmosphere of the planet began to whisper over the ship’s hull.MoreLess
Data leaped to Vi’ya’s console in a brief twitter. Montrose took in Lokri’s hot flush of rage and Vi’ya’s cold fury as she set up their course.
The rest of their flight down to Desrien was accomplished in silence. On a viewscreen assigned to the aft imager the massive battlecruiser dwindled. They fell toward the planet, the stars fading as the glowing limb of Desrien slowly filled the forward view.
The entire crew was on the bridge, even the Eya’a and the Omilovs. Jaim stood at the ...com console, working with Marim to repair the damage caused by Nukiel’s ruptors. The engineer’s bitter sadness—his mate Reth had often spoken of making a hejir—contrasted with Marim’s flippant attempts to hide her fear. For Jaim, at least, there was no other place to be: the captain of the Mbwa Kali had ordered the fiveskip of the Telvarna disabled and the engine room sealed shut.
To distract himself from his own ghosts, Montrose looked around the bridge as the atmosphere of the planet began to whisper over the ship’s hull.MoreLess
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