13
Seth
“ReCon 3, come in. This is the Karter.”
I leaned over my pilot’s shoulder as he pressed the communication switch. “ReCon 3. Mills here.”
“Captain, this is the Karter. We are under attack. The battlegroup is trapped between the net and a Hive armada. Your orders are to rescue the I.C. team from shuttle 547 and return to the Karter immediately for battle orders.”
“f**k me.” Trinity stood to my right. Jack behind her.
“An armada? How many Hive ships is that?” Jack asked.
“Too f*****g many. Get that I.C. team back here. Karter out.”
The line went dead and the shock of our situation moved through my team like a ripple over a still pond. These were battle-hardened troops. Experienced, both on Earth and out here in space. We’d never even heard of a Hive attack of this scale.
“Wel
