Read Resilience (Warner's World Book 6) Online
Authors: Dave O'Connor
Tags: #Warner's World, #Romance, #Space Opera, #Military, #adventure, #sci-fi, #Book 6 of Warner’s World
Resilience (Warner's World Book 6) (2 page)
Chapter 25. West of Mintoslum Facility 1558, 21 September
Chapter 26. Rowisus 1600, 21 September
Chapter 27. Neeblo 1605, 21 September
Chapter 28. Resolute 1610, 21 September
Chapter 29. Rogintinam 1620, 21 September
Chapter 30. Lewista 1630, 21 September
Chapter 31. Resolute over Checklin 1640, 21 September
Chapter 32. Lima Bravo 1 over Cheklin 1645, 21 September
Chapter 33. Lewista 1650, 21 September
Chapter 1. Lewista 1700, 21 September
Chapter 2. Lewista 1830, 21 September
Chapter 3. Lewista 1840, 21 September
Chapter 4. Resolute over Checklin 1850, 21 September
Chapter 5. Lewista 1900, 21 September
Chapter 6. Neeblo 1910, 21 September
Chapter 7. Lewista 1915, 21 September
Chapter 8. Lewista 1920, 21 September
Chapter 9. Lewista 1940, 21 September
Chapter 10. Whiskey 7 over Lewista 1950, 21 September
Chapter 11. Lewista 1955, 21 September
Chapter 12. Lewista 2030, 21 September
Chapter 13. Lewista 2130, 21 September
Chapter 14. Resolute over Checklin 2300, 21 September
Chapter 15. Eltikin to Raidom 2345, 21 September
Chapter 16. Slidwon 0200, 22 September
Chapter 17. Resolute over Checklin 0800, 22 September
Chapter 18. Neeblo 1000, 22 September
Chapter 19. Mintoslum Facility 1600, 22 September
Chapter 20. Resolute over Checklin 2300, 22 September
Chapter 1. Resolute over Cheklin 0700, 23 September
Chapter 2. Slidwon 0800, 23 September
Chapter 3. Cornucopia 0815, 23 September
Chapter 4. Resolute over Cheklin 0830, 23 September
Chapter 5. Eltikin to Cheklin 0900, 23 September
Chapter 6. Washington DC 1000, 23 September
Chapter 7. Resolute over Cheklin 1400, 23 September
Chapter 8. Eltikin over Cheklin 1545, 23 September
Chapter 9. Slidwon 1600, 23 September
Chapter 10. Neeblo 1700, 23 September
Chapter 11. Whiskey 1 over Cheklin 2110, 23 September
Chapter 12. Resolute to Q2 2300, 23 September
Chapter 13. Slidwon 2200, 25 September
Chapter 14. Slidwon 1400, 27 September
Chapter 15. Resolute over Q2 0930, 29 September
Chapter 16. Kiev over Q2 0950, 29 September
Chapter 17. Washington DC 1050, 29 September
Chapter 18. Resolute over Q2 1500, 29 September
Chapter 19. Kiev over Q2, 1730, 29 September
Chapter 20. Resolute over Q2 2100, 29 September
Chapter 21. Spectre over Istridium 2205, 29 September
Chapter 22. Orina 0110, 30 September
Chapter 23. Whiskey 1 to Pesminitar 1130, 30 September
Chapter 24. Karabaltus, Istridium 1940, 30 September
Chapter 25. Pesminitar (Q2) 0710, 1 October
Chapter 26. Orina 1000, 1 October
Chapter 27. Mt Pesminitar 1600, 1 October
Chapter 28. Neeblo 0900, 2 October
Chapter 29. Festina (Q2) 1720, 2 October
Chapter 30. Slidwon 1950, 2 October
Chapter 31. Orina 2230, 2 October
Chapter 32. Pesminitar 0645, 2 October
Chapter 33. Orina 1000, 3 October
Chapter 34. Slidwon 1100, 3 October
Chapter 35. Orina 1200, 3 October
Chapter 36. Slidwon 1210, 3 October
Chapter 37. Mt Pesminitar 1900, 3 October
Chapter 38. Neeblo 1200, 4 October
Chapter 39. Resolute over Q2 2100, 4 October
Chapter 40. Kiev over Q2 0720, 5 October
Chapter 41. Whiskey 1 over Q2 0830, 5 October
Chapter 42. Audacity over Q2 1400, 5 October
Chapter 43. Kiev over Q2, 1830, 5 October
Chapter 44. Audacity over Q2 0630, 6 October
Chapter 45. Audacity over Q2 0740, 6 October
Chapter 46. Audacity over Q2 1100, 6 October
Chapter 47. Slidwon 1400, 6 October
Chapter 48. Neeblo 1710, 6 October
Chapter 49. Audacity over Q2 1800, 6 October
Chapter 50. Audacity over Q2 2130, 6 October
Chapter 51. Audacity over Q2 1000, 7 October
Chapter 52. Kiev over Q2 1630, 8 October
Chapter 53. Audacity over Q2 0815, 9 October
Chapter 1. Slidwon 1530, 9 October
Chapter 2. Kiev over Q2 1000, 10 October
Chapter 3. Neeblo 0620, 12 October
Chapter 4. Audacity over Q2 0530, 17 October
Chapter 5. Audacity to Cheylista 0645, 19 October
Chapter 6. Audacity to Cheylista 1515, 21 October
Chapter 7. Kiev over Q2 1100, 22 October
Chapter 8. Audacity over Cheylista 1500, 27 October
Chapter 9. Audacity over Slenthsl 2150, 28 October
Chapter 10. Audacity over Slenthsl 0000, 29 October
Chapter 11. Whiskey 3 to Slenthsl 0030, 29 October
Chapter 12. Audacity over Slenthsl 0228, 29 October
Chapter 13. Whiskey 7 over Slenthsl 1640, 1 November
Chapter 14. Slidwon 0850, 3 November
Chapter 15. Audacity to Slenthsl 1030, 7 November
Chapter 16. Audacity over Slenthsl 1440, 8 November
Chapter 17. Audacity over Slenthsl 0940, 10 November
Chapter 18. Audacity over Slenthsl 1000, 10 November
Chapter 1. Nova Vista 0830, 14 November 2513
Chapter 2. Slidwon 1330, 14 November
Chapter 3. Audacity over Slenthsl 1400, 14 November
Chapter 4. Ark Royal over Cheklin 1200, 14 November
Chapter 5. Neeblo 1430, 14 November
Chapter 6. Whiskey 11 to Mexl 1545, 14 November
Chapter 7. Mexl 1615, 14 November
Chapter 8. Audacity over Slenthsl 1745, 14 November
Chapter 9. Mexl 1830, 14 November
Chapter 10. Audacity 2000, 14 November
Part 1
Call to Arms
When the firing stops and the screams subside
Fear once more retreats inside
Frazzled nerves recover and tired minds assess
The outcome of the battle and whether it was success
But either way comrades have died or suffered
Lives lost and aspirations smothered
Where to from here
Do you retreat from fear?
Or regird your loins and sally forth
Striving to the next objective with all your worth
Chapter 1. Resolute over Q2, 2340, 6 September 2513
First Lieutenant (1
st
Lt) Crystal Wong had drunk far too much earlier in the evening at the so called celebrations. But her one-on-one with her boss, Captain (Capt) Dave Warner, and her subsequent bout of introspection and grief had somehow sobered her up.
Yes, the day had ended with victory over the Third Rogan Imperial Fleet (3
rd
RIF). Yes, they had avenged the destruction of large portions of Rollinium, the principal city of the second planet within the doomed Qwantum system. But it had failed to leave a sweet taste in Crystal’s mouth.
Now as she lay on the bed in her cabin she bit her lower lip. Her long, normally sleek black hair splayed out higgledy piggledy due to her fingers tearing at it. She could not sleep, even though she was dog tired. The last 48 hours had been a rollercoaster ride of emotion and stress. It had begun with anxiety over her lover’s safety. She could see 2
nd
Lt John Conrad’s face right now in her mind’s eye. He was grinning at her just as he had done so many times before.
But now each time she saw that grin she felt a huge pang of guilt. He was dead and it was down to her. She had chickened out when Dave had asked her to volunteer to man the battle systems control in Rollinium. John had shamed her when he volunteered instead. Now he was dead and she was alive. She hated herself for this.
“Why!” she called out in anguish. She rolled over onto her stomach and pulled the pillow over her head in an attempt to block out the thoughts and the pain. But they came from within and so there was no relief to be gained from this outward, physical activity. “Why?” she asked again but with less force. No sound escaped from the pillow but still the words penetrated deep inside.
The tears flowed, soaking into the sheets. She sobbed hard but eventually the outpouring petered out. She recalled Dave’s words ‘You are worthy. John knew that, didn’t he?’ And this started her crying again, just as it had earlier.