Chapter 8Both Minerva and Athena watched the battle with the Imperial shuttles. About half of them had turned around and were fleeing toward the fleet. It was the half that had stayed that interested the two sisters. Min turned to her Intelligence officer. “Have we intercepted any of their communications yet?”
“Yes, ma’am. They are using one of the older codes, one we already know.” He pointed to the plot on the battle screen. “This group that is running, is primarily made up of shuttles containing Marines. These others are ESS craft. There was a broadcast a moment ago, in the clear, the commander called the other shuttles cowards and demanded that they resume formation.”
“Which ship is he on? Are we able to tell?”
“Yes, Ma’am. The ESS commander is on this shuttle right there, the one i
