Food for thought

by Stoner

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“That last hit I took must have knocked something loose in the rear stabilizer. I can’t maneuver to get a weapons lock on him!” Panic was beginning to grip his senses. In about 2 minutes, the Al’teroth fighter could launch his Heartseeker missiles and destroy the Stargazer, along with about 9,000 crew, 3,500 refugees and Frank, the best damn cook in the Universe.

He choked down his fear as he pushed some buttons on the PMT panel. “I’m shifting shield power to the thrusters to try and close the distance between us.”

“But you’ll be defenseless, Captain.” ComOfficer Peter’s grasp of the obvious was always annoying, especially when it came over the headset in a crackling, tinny voice.

“I’ll be no more defenseless than you if he fires those Heartseekers. Tell Frank to have some of his Ulleru pie ready for me when I get back.”

The EE-12 tracking screen showed the Al’teroth fighter as a rapidly blinking dot, when it went solid red, he could fire.

I want some pie he thought as he punched the thrusters.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.0 stars out of 5

  1. Food for thought

    m8ryx's Buddy Icon m8ryx

    Posted about 1 year ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    When come back bring pie! Nice, fun sci-fi. Very good, but the second-to-last paragraph seems out of place…makes me feel like I missed the dogfight.

  2. Food for thought

    Stoner's Buddy Icon Stoner

    Posted about 1 year ago

    Yeah, it does seem out of place now that I’ve walked away from it for a while. I had the whole thing in my mind and ran out of characters…would have been better off leaving that paragraph out. Thanks.

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