Clay fidgeted in his fighter’s seat. The usual joy of being in space was crushed by the target they were approaching. It was on his screens already, a small mining colony built upon a slightly larger asteroid. That was the core of the colony, at least. Equipment and small ships were spread out across the area, capturing asteroids and bringing them in for mining.
The colony had no real military strength. Their small fleet of ships would be swept aside by any one of the fleet’s warships, but they weren’t the real danger. The colony had huge stockpiles of refined rock and metal, and launchers designed to accelerate those materials to massive speeds for their journey in system.
The same mechanisms could be used to throw the massive lumps of rock and metal at the incoming fleet. The ca
