Admiral Vorn tensed as the Starslayer was dragged out of jump space. Even when expecting it the feeling was unpleasant. It represented a complete loss of control for someone used to commanding tens of thousands of lives.
Almost immediately proximity alarms started to ring out. Sections of a large fleet lay directly ahead. Vorn was shoved into his seat as the Starslayer began making evasive manoeuvres. Seconds later systems caught up with what Vorn already knew. The fleet was Imperial, and not hostile.
He still breathed a sigh of relief. While he, and his crew, had been expecting the Imperial fleet, that fleet hadn’t known what was appearing from jump space. Systems all over the defensive fleet would be flagging Starslayer and Vorn’s other ships as friendly, removing the risk of f
