Chapter 46
“Why haven’t they jumped?” Vorn muttered.
None of his officers answered. The question hadn’t been targeted at anyone in particular and no one wanted to risk attracting the admiral’s attention.
Vorn couldn’t understand it. Space had settled down enough for even a normal ship to jump, so what was happening? His tactics had been based on blasting the Wanderer’s shields down and damaging its jump engines before there was any chance to escape. That plan had failed, but the Wanderer was still sitting in normal space. So his fleet kept on wearing down the Wanderer’s shields.
“Launch more assault shuttles. Have them close on the Wanderer. I want as many troopers on board as we can manage.”
“Aye, Sir.”
Vorn watched as the Wanderer’s shields continued to be beaten down. They
