And that I had found, on more than one occasion, to be a useful character trait indeed.
Hunter and Jha settled into the controls of the stealth assault craft while I joined them in the spacious cockpit. Fraya, however, chose to remain in the staging area of the craft’s rear bay, ready to burst forth should we encounter any problems once we landed.
“We’re ready, Cap,” Jha said, turning to me. “Liberty says we’re clear.”
“Then by all means,” I replied with a smile. “Let us launch at your leisure.”
Hunter made a soft scoff and then we were away, hurtling forward in a hard launch from the distance raider. And only a michron after we were clear, Hunter ignited the engines, pushing the assault craft even harder to capitalize on our initial burst of speed.
At that accelerated rate, it only t
