The junk's cockpit jutted out in front of the frame and as Biko flew them over the South polar vortex and the eye of the persistent storm, Ram looked down between the pilot's and co-pilot's consoles, down through the transparent, diamond-pane section of the cockpit's deck, down into the storm's r...
During the transit to Altair, Dana kept her eyes on the waving, foreign constellations visible at the end of the immeasurable tunnel. The NAV console and projection in front of her read 'ERROR' and with the exception of Hardway, Charon, and the breaching ship Tipperary at the center, the rest of ...
Two steps out of there, he felt the pitying eyes of the redsuits and the Staas Guards stationed there to fend off boarders. Twelve pilots had gone out that airlock. Only three had come back in. Jeana's legs gave out under her. She fell to the deck on her knees and her gloved fingers scrambled at ...
The forward 20% of the ship burned mostly unchecked now, and Cozen hurled her at the Squidies like a burning lance. Araby and Pont Neuf steamed with her as they broke from the main Privateer force in the only desperate attack that might give them a chance of survival. "Be on the spot with those ...
Every time Jordo and Pooch heard boot heels in the passageway outside, her face got even more grim. He said, "You look like you're expecting the firing squad.""I am. If you think Matilda Witt is bluffing, you've got a surprise coming."After hours of pacing near the front of the cell and watching ...
Algol would be like Kruger 60 and Lalande. Squidy wasn’t about to let them pass without a fight and the spot they’d pick for an ambush was right under the hull of his fighter. The rocky core of that planet below was shrouded in layers of clouds whose weight drove the surface temperature to 700 de...