Command Authority, page 32
part #5 of Last Hunter Series
“What about the remaining Novarite warship?”
“It’s not going anywhere, sir,” Derek said. “I’m not picking anything up from their engineering section, so they don’t have the power to fire their weapons. We’ll have to send rescue teams shortly if we hope to get any of them alive.”
And by rescue teams, his young friend meant Marine squads. Sadly, it seemed the Novarites were more than happy to die rather than be captured. Still, the chances of recovering that vessel’s computer were high enough that he’d risk it.
He opened a channel to the Marine barracks. “Colonel Turner, I’m afraid I have to ask you and your people to go out and recover everybody you can out of those pieces of wreckage. Save as many as possible but keep your people safe. I’m more interested in finding their computer than giving them a chance to shoot us.”
“Understood, sir. We’ll take care of it.”
With that done, he rubbed his face tiredly. They’d once again come out of the fight in one piece, but the war was hardly over. In fact, the next phase of the invasion wasn’t going to be fought in space at all. It would be against political opponents and forces moving behind the scenes.
Humans would be the obstacle now. Whether that meant a jealous superior or the shadowy conspiracy he’d discovered at the very opening of the invasion, someone would be pushing back against him and trying to shape what happened next. They were fighting for humanity’s survival, and he wouldn’t allow any of them to sway him from his duty.
This type of unconventional warfare wasn’t his strength, but he’d have to find people with the skills he didn’t have because this wasn’t a fight he could afford to lose. No matter what was thrown at him, he’d gain the support he needed to continue prosecuting the defense of the cluster. His duty demanded no less.
“I think we’d better open a channel to Argent,” he said. “This might be stepping on a few toes, but I’m tired of letting someone be the filter between the political leadership and me. Get me President Ibarra. She and I have a lot to discuss.”
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