Insurrection (Athena Lee Chronicles Book 5) by T S Paul
Authors: T S Paul
Tags: Science-Fiction, Space Opera, Military, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Teen & Young Adult, Marines, Lesbian, special forces, space, engineer, Space Station
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in order. Oh well I can only dream.
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Commodore Vakulinchuk was the commander of Task Force 25. This group of ships was his baby. He had conceived of a anti-piracy fleet that would jump into a system wipe out the pirate ‘nests’ and then jump out. The local forces would take care of clean up. His goal was to take the fight to the pirates, not the other way around. He had a personal grudge to settle, pirates had killed or enslaved his whole family on Tendra 2 in the Rus system. Unfortunately, in his rush to put the fleet together and find targets, he made a few political enemies. Because of that, his recent assignments for the fleet had been very quiet systems, not a pirate in sight.
His new orders took him completely by surprise. He carefully read his new orders noting the fine print about contacting higher authority. He had heard rumors about corruption charges and other crimes surrounding some members of the government. He was from Rus, that sort of thing was not that unusual there. He alerted his aides to sound a recall of all crew members from liberty. He should be able to get there in a week or so.
Chapter 8
I held my briefing during the shuttle ride out to the destroyer. I looked at Sergeant Yannos and his two squads. The ten of us were about to enter the unknown. Should be fun!
“OK boys and girls here is what I know about the EOM Paney.” I typed a quick message to Wilson on my tablet and a holographic representation was beamed out of it.
“It is a pre-war Fubuki class destroyer. It was originally configured as a pirate fighting ship. Things you might need to know. It is bigger than most destroyers by about 30%. Most of that is in length and girth. It has more armor too. According to the fleet records that I was able to access, it has double the armor and more compartments than newer vessels. This is one tough ship. From talking to the fighter squadron shadowing it, I learned that the ‘pirates’ left the hangar bay open. We should be able to get in from there. If not we could use the fusion vent tubes, again.” I heard audible groans after I said that. “So hangar bay it is. The special code that I gave Yannos should work on most doors. If I can get to the computer system and access it, I have a few other tricks I can use.”
I looked at the time counter. “We have just under four hours before this ship makes contact with the moon and is destroyed. Don’t get bogged down. Any questions?”
Corporal Anton raised his hand. “Yes, corporal. Do you have a question?”
“Yes, Ma’am. This feature here,” he pointed to the hologram. “Does that tunnel go the length of the ship?”
“It does. It is similar to our engineering tubes back on the station. When this ship was built, shipboard engineers did most of the repairs, not shipyards.”
“My question is, can we use it to access the ship?”
“Of course you can, I thought I said that. If you do, be very careful. Most of the ship’s electrical conduits run through there as well as the navigation and communication lines.” I left the hologram up, so they could map out routes and look at the ship.
“One more thing. I got this information from fleet engineering records. Not every ship’s engineer reports every modification that they do. There may be differences when we get inside the ship. Be very aware of that.”
“Excellent briefing Lieutenant Lee. More information that we were expecting. Where did you get so much of that information?
“Sergeant, it is in most Empire databases. I am not a computer expert. You would need to ask one of the station techs, try either DI or DJ. But, why I know is because every network on the major ships and stations are linked. When they update everyone gets the same information. You do need special access keys to see some of it, but the information is there.”
“That surprises me, because any time that we had asked for
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Commodore Vakulinchuk was the commander of Task Force 25. This group of ships was his baby. He had conceived of a anti-piracy fleet that would jump into a system wipe out the pirate ‘nests’ and then jump out. The local forces would take care of clean up. His goal was to take the fight to the pirates, not the other way around. He had a personal grudge to settle, pirates had killed or enslaved his whole family on Tendra 2 in the Rus system. Unfortunately, in his rush to put the fleet together and find targets, he made a few political enemies. Because of that, his recent assignments for the fleet had been very quiet systems, not a pirate in sight.
His new orders took him completely by surprise. He carefully read his new orders noting the fine print about contacting higher authority. He had heard rumors about corruption charges and other crimes surrounding some members of the government. He was from Rus, that sort of thing was not that unusual there. He alerted his aides to sound a recall of all crew members from liberty. He should be able to get there in a week or so.
Chapter 8
I held my briefing during the shuttle ride out to the destroyer. I looked at Sergeant Yannos and his two squads. The ten of us were about to enter the unknown. Should be fun!
“OK boys and girls here is what I know about the EOM Paney.” I typed a quick message to Wilson on my tablet and a holographic representation was beamed out of it.
“It is a pre-war Fubuki class destroyer. It was originally configured as a pirate fighting ship. Things you might need to know. It is bigger than most destroyers by about 30%. Most of that is in length and girth. It has more armor too. According to the fleet records that I was able to access, it has double the armor and more compartments than newer vessels. This is one tough ship. From talking to the fighter squadron shadowing it, I learned that the ‘pirates’ left the hangar bay open. We should be able to get in from there. If not we could use the fusion vent tubes, again.” I heard audible groans after I said that. “So hangar bay it is. The special code that I gave Yannos should work on most doors. If I can get to the computer system and access it, I have a few other tricks I can use.”
I looked at the time counter. “We have just under four hours before this ship makes contact with the moon and is destroyed. Don’t get bogged down. Any questions?”
Corporal Anton raised his hand. “Yes, corporal. Do you have a question?”
“Yes, Ma’am. This feature here,” he pointed to the hologram. “Does that tunnel go the length of the ship?”
“It does. It is similar to our engineering tubes back on the station. When this ship was built, shipboard engineers did most of the repairs, not shipyards.”
“My question is, can we use it to access the ship?”
“Of course you can, I thought I said that. If you do, be very careful. Most of the ship’s electrical conduits run through there as well as the navigation and communication lines.” I left the hologram up, so they could map out routes and look at the ship.
“One more thing. I got this information from fleet engineering records. Not every ship’s engineer reports every modification that they do. There may be differences when we get inside the ship. Be very aware of that.”
“Excellent briefing Lieutenant Lee. More information that we were expecting. Where did you get so much of that information?
“Sergeant, it is in most Empire databases. I am not a computer expert. You would need to ask one of the station techs, try either DI or DJ. But, why I know is because every network on the major ships and stations are linked. When they update everyone gets the same information. You do need special access keys to see some of it, but the information is there.”
“That surprises me, because any time that we had asked for
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