Single frigates were on picket duty in the star systems forming a buffer zone in front of the system containing the Bradley Base, each in contact with a dozen or more recon drones strategically deployed throughout those systems. Shiloh and the other squadron leaders and frigate COs were confident that the enemy could not sneak up on Bradley Base without being detected. So it was, with only three more days to go before SFE144 was due to be rotated back to Sol for a longer stand down, that the period of boredom ended. Shiloh was asleep in his cabin when the call from the Bridge came. “Shiloh here.” “Chenko here, Sir. A message drone has just arrived and is signaling that picket ship 257 in Tango Delta 11 has detected a minimum of three unknown ships moving towards one of that system’s gas giants.” Shiloh sat up quickly and said, “Any word from Base Command yet?” “No, Sir, but I expect we’ll hear something any minute now.” “I agree, XO. Put the ship and the squadron on alert.
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