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“Everything is ready,” said Tarkus. “Three minutes to transition and we have the coordinates locked in. I won’t lie to you, this is a dangerous move. I told you we needed a lead over the other ships, or they’ll be too close and detect when we leave jump space close to the star. We also can’t stand up to them all attacking us for any length of time.
“So we’re going to cause disruption as we leave jump space, which will make it harder for them to be right on top of us. But we’re also going to use the energy released to partially charge the jump drives. It should cut the recharge time by about thirty seconds, and that’s all we need. But it’s going to be dangerous, especially the faster recharging. Almost no one even knows it’s possible, and most of those who’ve heard of it and tr
