“Captain Ebdaren, our ships report ready to jump.”
The captain acknowledged his executive officer’s words, but still checked the status of the other six ships himself. All were indeed in position, arrayed before and behind his destroyer class vessel the Stellar Storm. His fleet had one more destroyer, an older but still fairly capable ship called the Invictus. With them were two cruisers, a heavily armoured troop carrier, and two small picket ships. The last were designed to gather intelligence and would be of little use in any major battle.
Stellar StormInvictusCalling the small group of ships a fleet was a long stretch. If it had truly been a fleet there would have been an Admiral and plenty more ships. No, it wasn’t really a fleet. It was a token gesture. A few random ships th
