There were a lot of Averys in the galaxy and it was unlikely they’d guess at her connection to her father the Fleet general. The sensor detected several apertures which were likely missile launchers and at least one protrusion that was probably a flak cannon, but it was the computer’s best guess based on a Doppler-rendering of the shape that was now just minutes away from docking with them. xxx desi “You said I had six hours!”
“I lied, Nichols.” It was unmistakeably the voice of Montague, the captain of the pirate vessel that had hailed them earlier. Cait and Rhys were led down the corridor away from the bridge and into a side passage that led to a ladder that would take them to the upper hatch airlock. “What are you doing?” Cait protested. The men moved into position and unbuckled their restraints, pulling them out of the chairs. “The old systems were power inefficient and stripped out.”
The man looked to Cait then back to Rhys.
