Winds of Vengeance
“We’re being pursued by ten enemy vessels. The hostiles appear to be operating on antimatter power, and they are accelerating at 80g. Hurley is a fusion-powered ship, and even if the dampeners could handle 80g, our maximum output is 60g, 65 if I push it to the limit. And that means they’re going to catch us.I have had the crew conducting battle drills, preparing for the engagement I know we can’t avoid. Hurley is manned entirely by personnel born on Earth Two, which means there isn’t a real comb...at veteran onboard. Every one of us was a child the last time a republic ship faced an enemy.The drills are as much to keep the crew busy as anything else. The strange jamming drones have severely limited our scanning data on the approaching vessels, but they are all of similar mass to Hurley. I tried to tell myself they could be weaker, that their weapons systems were less advanced than ours, giving us a chance in a ten to one matchup. But the ships are accelerating at 80g, so that is extremely unlikely.MoreLess
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