Free Fleet #03 No Rest for the Wicked Read Online Free
Author: Michael Chatfield
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Haven't got many ships, but we've got five races in the fleet, not including the Syndicate Labor Force, Rick thought.
Rick walked the halls, talking to a few and nodding to others in recognition as they walked past. Commander Boot's battle cruiser, destroyer and five corvettes were in AIH by now. They were splitting into two squadrons. One Destroyer and three corvettes would patrol AIH, Commander Boot, his BC and the final two corvettes would patrol Earth and pass the word. The rest of the Fleet were focused on expanding the FTL network, and if the Syndicate got past Parnmal, then it was their job to stop them.
Parnmal sent updates every six hours of their current status. For the last two weeks it hadn't changed. Yet Salchar believed it would in a week, and Rick was putting down FTL relays which would take two weeks to get to Earth. He felt useless, yet he also knew that Resilient and the other ships at Parnmal would only take damage that Parnmal itself could suck up.
Doesn't stop it from being annoying. He thought, knowing he was moping.
An alert sounded on his data pad, he pulled it from his back pocket. On one of Edward's many tours he seemed to have been trying to take pictures of the armories. Edward's thought he was being covert, but he still didn't understand the sheer gap in technology between his resource's and the Free Fleet's. Thankfully Rick had been able to keep him out of his hair and mostly sat on by his commando handlers.
Out of sight, out of mind. He thought, feeling sorry for the Commando minders. Edwards was not the easiest charge.
***
He wasn't the only one in the Free Fleet not very pleased with the esteemed commanders’ decisions. Yasu sat in on the meeting with the training staff as Takahashi was explaining how the new selection process for people would work, as well as introducing the staff that would be running these advanced training programs on the newly finished or almost finished facilities. Greetings went around as Yasu memorized names and faces. There was no need for her to introduce herself, everyone knew who she was.
“For now the people that will be receiving this new training will be already graduated Free Fleet personnel, until the trainees have completed their instruction. We will also be having trainees coming from Chaleel and AIH.”
Takahashi didn't mention the storm of civilians that were coming, as well as trading ships that would plague Sol system for the foreseeable future. That I'm going to have to deal with. Yasu thought, as Commander Whorst would be undoubtedly swarmed with the other issues that came with a rapidly growing solar system and military institution. Commander Whorst was good at his job. He was young, had fighting experience, and he had a knack for wading through information. He excelled at understanding an issues and passing off solutions while managing multiple ventures, this usually left Yasu in awe.
Commander Whorst said the skills came from playing fifteen different computer games, mostly at the same time. Still he didn't take all the issues on. He had initiated a liaison office just because of the issues that had cropped up. It had been rapidly copied by other system commanders to deal with the native occupant's demands. It seemed the native occupants of the Sol system wanted the Free Fleet to do everything for them at no extra cost. Even though they were just getting into space, it seemed that they thought the Free Fleet did everything for free. Things that would cost billions. It was ludicrous.
Though there were also quite a few good things Yasu had to acknowledge the Free Fleet had gained from Earth. There were trainees, civilian contractors and miners. Shirley Manley now owned AB Mining Incorporated, and her mining colony elite produced more materials for the Free Fleet and Earth than the other three top mining companies on Earth. The ship yard Nancy owned, needed every resource she could find, now that Parnmal's ships were
Haven't got many ships, but we've got five races in the fleet, not including the Syndicate Labor Force, Rick thought.
Rick walked the halls, talking to a few and nodding to others in recognition as they walked past. Commander Boot's battle cruiser, destroyer and five corvettes were in AIH by now. They were splitting into two squadrons. One Destroyer and three corvettes would patrol AIH, Commander Boot, his BC and the final two corvettes would patrol Earth and pass the word. The rest of the Fleet were focused on expanding the FTL network, and if the Syndicate got past Parnmal, then it was their job to stop them.
Parnmal sent updates every six hours of their current status. For the last two weeks it hadn't changed. Yet Salchar believed it would in a week, and Rick was putting down FTL relays which would take two weeks to get to Earth. He felt useless, yet he also knew that Resilient and the other ships at Parnmal would only take damage that Parnmal itself could suck up.
Doesn't stop it from being annoying. He thought, knowing he was moping.
An alert sounded on his data pad, he pulled it from his back pocket. On one of Edward's many tours he seemed to have been trying to take pictures of the armories. Edward's thought he was being covert, but he still didn't understand the sheer gap in technology between his resource's and the Free Fleet's. Thankfully Rick had been able to keep him out of his hair and mostly sat on by his commando handlers.
Out of sight, out of mind. He thought, feeling sorry for the Commando minders. Edwards was not the easiest charge.
***
He wasn't the only one in the Free Fleet not very pleased with the esteemed commanders’ decisions. Yasu sat in on the meeting with the training staff as Takahashi was explaining how the new selection process for people would work, as well as introducing the staff that would be running these advanced training programs on the newly finished or almost finished facilities. Greetings went around as Yasu memorized names and faces. There was no need for her to introduce herself, everyone knew who she was.
“For now the people that will be receiving this new training will be already graduated Free Fleet personnel, until the trainees have completed their instruction. We will also be having trainees coming from Chaleel and AIH.”
Takahashi didn't mention the storm of civilians that were coming, as well as trading ships that would plague Sol system for the foreseeable future. That I'm going to have to deal with. Yasu thought, as Commander Whorst would be undoubtedly swarmed with the other issues that came with a rapidly growing solar system and military institution. Commander Whorst was good at his job. He was young, had fighting experience, and he had a knack for wading through information. He excelled at understanding an issues and passing off solutions while managing multiple ventures, this usually left Yasu in awe.
Commander Whorst said the skills came from playing fifteen different computer games, mostly at the same time. Still he didn't take all the issues on. He had initiated a liaison office just because of the issues that had cropped up. It had been rapidly copied by other system commanders to deal with the native occupant's demands. It seemed the native occupants of the Sol system wanted the Free Fleet to do everything for them at no extra cost. Even though they were just getting into space, it seemed that they thought the Free Fleet did everything for free. Things that would cost billions. It was ludicrous.
Though there were also quite a few good things Yasu had to acknowledge the Free Fleet had gained from Earth. There were trainees, civilian contractors and miners. Shirley Manley now owned AB Mining Incorporated, and her mining colony elite produced more materials for the Free Fleet and Earth than the other three top mining companies on Earth. The ship yard Nancy owned, needed every resource she could find, now that Parnmal's ships were
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