The Rheroti system was the smallest, most nondescript system Eric had ever seen. In fact, the only thing remarkable about it was the hulking, malevolent behemoth lurking in orbit of the largest planet.
“That’s a hive ship?” Eric braced his forearm against the back of the pilot’s chair and leaned down a little to look through the Sprite’s tiny front view screen. “It looks…”
Sprite’s “It looks like a concrete apartment block,” Nat commented from the jump seat by Beauty’s console. “It’s fugly as shit.”
Eric snorted as he looked at the ship. He had to admit, the ex-cage fighter was right. The ship was a blocky slab of red plating, engines and guns. It was like someone had ripped up a fortress by the foundations and thrown it into space.
“Krynassis engineering isn’t cutting edge,” Red said
