Jack knew Vanguard well. He’d escorted her in battle multiple times during the Alpha Centauri campaigns and it hurt to see her torn armor. Air and wreckage streamed from her flank, but the displays confirmed she was already beginning to stabilize her deflection grid again. She had power, her p...
He bent down from the mirror and cupped his hands in the warm, soapy water, bringing it up to splash his face. The water felt good, and he splashed himself again, washing the morning grit from his eyes. When his eyes finally opened once more, water dripped off the short, black hair atop the ang...