“Outside the control booth the darkness was absolute except for the red and blue lights weaving their intricate patterns. The only sounds were the humming and ticking of instruments, and at irregular intervals voices emerging from the earpiece of his transceiver headset, and the sound of his own voice as he spoke into the disk connected to it by a fine, curved rod and poised a few centimeters from his lips. In the black void outside, the lights had definite forms: the bristling spheres of deep-s...pace Troop Carrier Corsairs, the flagships; the elongated shark-shapes of Corvets, spiked along their flanks with X7 gun-mounts; the sleek, darting arrows of Falcons. Alexand’s voice was quiet, as mechanical as the instruments surrounding him. “Rank 2 Falcons, deploy on tangent vectors. Rank 3, hold your positions relative flagship.” His eyes flicked up from the stat screens as ten red lights moved under the impetus of his command. A voice buzzed in his ears even as he saw the flash of white light.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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