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- Herausgeber: Tami Veldura
- Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018
What The Sun Sees
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Title Page
Copyright
Foreword
What The Sun Sees
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About the Author
WHAT THE SUN SEES
TAMI VELDURA
OLDEWOLFF PRINTS
Ramona, California
Copyright © 2018 by Tami Veldura.
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WHAT THE SUN SEES/ Tami Veldura. -- 1st ed.
978-1-941319-40-6
Foreword
Dive into the world of Queenships, where a single big risk can change the universe.
Crane is a small power on a big stage with one critical asset: Central Warp Station. For a price, any family can warp to well-known star systems at the heart of the galaxy to harvest the hydrogen their Queenships need to fly. But Crane won’t stay small for long.
Catlali wants a big paycheck for the upcoming holiday, and Mx. Crane has just the job she’s looking for. An experimental box meant to capture unstable hydrogen in a volatile star system. The risk: mortal. The reward: monumental. Catlali is eager to fly.
File this mission under SNAFU.
What The Sun Sees
Early in her day-cycle, Catlali maneuvered her cargo ship neatly in line at Crane Central Warp Station. Her hold was full today, mostly of super-shielded mech exosuits that could tolerate the intense stellar winds common at her destination. The remainder had been packed with specialized holding tanks.
Her crew all agreed, this opportunity for themselves, and for Crane, was worth the risk. If successful, Crane family will have gained a rare and powerful stock of fuel to sell at an unreasonable markup. Catlali was banking on a very large payout.
A sensor picked up the warp station activation. On Catlali’s dashboard, a notification blinked as her hologlass glowed blue. The warp ring produced an intense light and shed massive amounts of heat into space, which easily overran the cameras on the ship. Catlali ran cargo, not a Queenship. She didn’t need great resolution. She just needed to steer clear of other ships.
As the warp ring stabilized Catlali’s view on the hologlass cleared. Then the drone ship first in line fired rear boosters and washed her screen out again. Shortly after, Esha’s key pinged on Catlali’s link dashboard. CCWS was controlled and managed by one woman: Esha Kalluri. It was always her voice that greeted travelers leaving and coming home. Crane family had so few members, there were often irreplaceable people in important positions. Only the warp station kept them independent of other, more powerful families. Catlali tried to stay out of politics, but even she knew Dhar continued to try and buy out the station, or Crane entirely.
Catlali accepted the audio link. “Morning, Esha.”
“Greetings, Catlali! Early for you today.” Catlali heard clicking, Esha’s nails on the hologlass. “Looks like Mx. Adila has paid your warp today. Going on an adventure?”
“We’re going to box up some hydrogen-seven.”
“What makes it seven?” Esha laughed.
“You’d have to ask my scientist,” Catlali agreed. “It’s unstable, apparently. I just drive the bus.”
“Well good luck. You’re cleared for warp as soon as your turn comes up.”
“Thanks, E.”
Catlali hung up with Esha and called Idir through the personal link on her ear. The scientist answered the call with video, allowing Catlali to see the inside of her own cargo hold.
“The mechs are in standby, Captain. Just checking on the last row of tanks.”
From off-screen, Feray yelled, “Her name is Catlali, not captain.”
“Your lack of respect is appalling, Mechanist Sunter, and I am under no obligation to—”
“Oh my god, you make it sound like I’m forty.”
“Forty is hardly an age of feebleness. It’s common for—”
Catlali hung up quickly. Once Idir and Feray got going neither refused to back down and the critical nature of this project hadn’t changed that. The familiar bickering usually made her smile, but it was too early today. Catlali hadn’t finished her coffee yet.
