2 GSS Hunter Orbiting Oslun III 4144.6.10 Galactic Nick focused his intense, azure-blue eyes on the scanning results of the Alliance Navy frigate as it went by the Hunter in a higher orbit above them. His stomach muscles tightened. It wasn’t hunger, it was dread that soured his guts. He hated an unnecessary fight. “Shoot first, talk later” had never been in his playbook. This time, though, he was forced to make an exception. Gears said the new sensors on the refitted ship were supposedly capable of piercing through any shields or dispersal fields used by any naval ships or cargo vessels in the Alliance. The stealth mode capability of the refitted Hunter was also useful in these circumstances. They would remain undetected until they used their weapons. Siren, his second in command, wa

