SECTOR 64: Ambush (47 page)

"Calm down, Thoyd. I'm sure there is a reasonable explanation. You were still in parallel-space, the Zox don't have anything that could touch you there."

Admiral Feyhdyak's avatar looked ready to say more, but Tekamah held up a virtual hand. "Thoyd, I have to go. We're approaching Chuvarti. I'll let you know as soon as I hear from you or any of your vessels."

He closed the connection and turned to the communications officer. "Have we received any further distress calls from the Chuvarti system?"

"No, sir, nothing since the initial call. It's fortunate we were so close to Sector Nineteen."

Tekamah nodded, but he knew fortune had nothing to do with it. The intel he'd received placed half of Thrakst's fleet in this sector while the other half had deployed to the far side of the galaxy in remote Sector Sixty-Four. He had a nagging feeling there was more to this situation than met the eye.

"Place all battlecruisers on a weapons-free status," Ordered Tekamah. "All fighter squadrons are to launch as soon as we drop out of parallel-space. If we're flying into a trap, I want the Zoxyth to regret it."

He studied the fish-eye lens of the squeezed star field to the formation's front. A tiny bright blue spec at its center, the planet Chuvarti, grew into a discernible sphere as the fleet closed.

The navigation officer broke the silence. "Normal space in three, two—"

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Ambush
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