Sure Strike had made it glaringly obvious that the detour he’d been forced to take was all Aaron’s fault. The cruiser Octal 1 had docked with a transfer vehicle, an open hulled ship stuffed with all manner of equipment and possible salvage. Dozens of Squeen clung to netting in places, some obviou...
Mostly. She handled her duties at the War College, lectured, reviewed her professors’ assignments, and helped Aaron with Groves Industries. But behind the daily grind was the quiet excitement each night as she got home and checked the little robot inside her to verify progress. It dutifully monit...
The sudden decision to send over a scientist pushed them to their limits. The dome and most of its equipment had been heavily damaged in the fighting. The only thing left completely intact was the Portal dais itself. Osgood insisted on pushing back the schedule to the afternoon to allow the recor...
But after the third time soldiers on foot, their trucks out of fuel, tried to appropriate her ATV, she had abandoned that plan. Besides, when she’d last stopped to refuel and looked back to the east there was a dust cloud from north to south as far as she could see. She didn’t know what it was, o...