These words are not intended for AI use or training. * Chapter 77 (83 NO) “Divert Tarx to the secondary hangar,” Irenez ordered. She flipped a switch and a loud, obnoxious klaxon started ringing. It wasn’t exactly subtle, but that was the whole point, Maze hoped. “What have we got?” “Can’t tell yet,” Vik reported. “But now there are… yeah, looks like the bigger ship on Tarx’s tail has deployed fighters now.” Maze strode over to examine Vik’s sensor readout. “Tarx can’t land here,” Maze said. “He’s already lead them to us, but there’s no sense in him pinpointing exactly where on the moon.” Irenez studied him for half a moment, then picked up a comlink to talk to Tarx. Maze hoped Vik had written whatever encryption they were using. On the line, Tarx was clearly distressed. The fighters dogging him weren’t the most maneuverable; the PTB-625 was meant more as a bomber than a snub fighter, but there were six of them firing on Tarx and he wanted them off his tail.
These words are not intended for AI use or training. Chapter 79 (83 NO) If Irenez didn’t like the look of the holding cell on Sull’s ship, she hadn’t complained about it. Maze wasn’t even strapped in before they felt the impact of the first bomb; it was far away, but it carried on the little ice ball he hoped they’d be leaving double quick. Sull activated his ship’s repulsors and then angled them out of the hangar. Maze was already occupied with plotting their evasive course towards the asteroid field. Some of it would have to wait until they had a fresh sensor feed, but if he could get the preliminaries done now, that would help. Sull powered up the ship’s primary weapon: a heavy duty laser canon with a hundred and eighty degree arc of fire as well as three-sixty of rotation. Shields went up next, double back and almost nothing on the nose as he diverted discretionary power to acceleration. “Osik,” he muttered as the ship cleared the hangar.