5
An hour later and Drake was back in a corridor near the canteen, listening as Alpha leader finished a detailed update. They’d found twelve different listening devices, seven of them suspiciously easily, four with difficulty and a final one only on the third scan.
“…as far as we can tell that’s all of them,” finished Alpha leader.
“As far as we can tell. Damn it, I wish we’d never got mixed up with the Phoenix Conglomerate.”
“It wasn’t exactly by choice, Captain.”
“Yeah, I know. But damn it, it makes life difficult. Invisible ships. Near invisible bugs. Hidden bombs.”
“You preferred it when we did ordinary things like attacking hellships?” asked Alpha leader with a grin.
Drake slapped him on the shoulder and smiled in return.
“Exactly! The simple stuff!”
“Well hopefully we
