The enemy's first shot had missed Lancer-Five. The spread of following rounds that the enemy escorts launched at the maneuvering Lancer were unobstructed by atmosphere, surprise, or incoming Lancer squadron fire. The widely spaced destroyers escorting the commercial fertilizer and farming equipment convoy had already launched the round that ripped Lancer-Five into atoms. The enemy destroyers were in their deep space element, firing 'down' into the predictably turning Lancer.
Thanos and his crew never knew they were hit.
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Thomys Promethean slowly drummed his fingers on the expansive conference room table while his counterpart droned ceaselessly.
As neighbors they had a history. For centuries the widely separated capital worlds of two fledgling conglomerate empires fought for surv
