"Enable stealth protocols," Ensign Nitram Ozio ordered. "Prepare for transition to normal space. Lock ablative baffles. Secure engine dampers." An officer at his NAV station crosschecked the calculations for the hyperspace-to-normal transition. "We're almost there, sir. Thirty seconds." Another officer called out, "Rigged for dark and silent running, sir. Five points confirmed." Ozio personally rechecked everything on the display by the commanding chair. All shipshape. "Go to normal space," he ordered. "Hail Imperial forces in the local system." The bridge lights dimmed to red as the ship's power shunted to the hyperdrive's particle accelerator, and it ripped a hole back into the normal three dimensions of interstellar space. The trio of blackened viewscreens sparkled with stars. The officer at the NAV station said, "We're slightly off target, sir. Three million kilometers."
"Move us in," Ozio ordered, "One-third full ahead on intercept course for Kad V. Tell the technicians in Engineering to start recharging the hyperdrive capacitors."
"Aye, sir," he said. The Vigil-class corvette skimmed through space, matte grey on black; only a telltale flickering of the background stars gave the slightest indication that anything was there. "Hailing Imperial forces now, sir, speak when ready."
Ozio relaxed into his seat and transmitted his message to all Imperial Forces in the system, "This is Ensign Nitram Ozio of the Vigilant Night, I apologise for the lateness of my arrival."
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"Move us in," Ozio ordered, "One-third full ahead on intercept course for Kad V. Tell the technicians in Engineering to start recharging the hyperdrive capacitors."
"Aye, sir," he said. The Vigil-class corvette skimmed through space, matte grey on black; only a telltale flickering of the background stars gave the slightest indication that anything was there. "Hailing Imperial forces now, sir, speak when ready."
Ozio relaxed into his seat and transmitted his message to all Imperial Forces in the system, "This is Ensign Nitram Ozio of the Vigilant Night, I apologise for the lateness of my arrival."
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