Admiral Vorn fought the urge to hunch forward as his fleet crashed back into normal space. His captains had an extra incentive this time. If they failed to capture the Wanderer again then the captains from the two ships which were slowest to react would be executed, slowly and painfully.
The threat seemed to have worked. His ships were dropping out in a much tighter formation, tearing up space close to the Wanderer and, in theory, preventing it from jumping clear.
The Starslayer had been first back into normal space and opened fire immediately. This time Vorn was more interested in crippling the Wanderer than keeping her in one piece. Everything he’d seen convinced him the ship would be nearly impossible to destroy by accident, even with the immense firepower of a battlecruiser. Th
