Chapter 48 – Hostile Space
“How long do you think it'll be until we can jump?” Jerry asked.
“Not long,” Glover said. “Assuming the c-drive wasn't damaged.”
Jerry tried to relax. The Warhammer had made it into space. All it needed to do now was get far enough away from the planet to jump into cross-space. The ship's grav engine was still sputtering, reducing their speed, but they would get there.
“Looks like the shield's finally recharged.” Glover examined the readout on his gun station's console. “I wonder if we—”
Something slammed into the ship.
Jerry started. “What was that?”
“Sounded like the shields took a plasma hit.”
“Battle stations,” the now-familiar mechanical voice said. “This is not a drill. Battle stations. This is not a drill.”
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“What now?” Irylia asked, darting
