The Synchronicity War Part 2 Read Online Free

microjump and drone
deployment in that order. Got that?” The Astrogator took a deep
breath and exhaled slowly.

    “Yes, Sir. I’ll have something for you to review
and approve in a few minutes.”

    “Very good.” After the Astrogator returned to
his station, Tanaka leaned closer to Shiloh and said in an
apologetic voice.

    “I’m sorry, Sir, but I’m going to have to
mention your hypnotic trance in my After Action report.” Shiloh was
seriously tempted to try to talk her out of it but decided that
THAT too was part of the vision and all of the clear visions had
worked out well so far.

    “I have no problem with that, Sumi. You do what
you think is best and we’ll let the chips fall where they may.”

    While he waited for the new tactical plan,
Shiloh recorded his own text message to Admiral Howard.

    [ 55 enemy ships detected in Green4. Our
attempted ambush during enemy refueling was not successful and
contact was lost. Defiant is now attempting to regain contact with
enemy force in order to confirm my suspicion that enemy fleet plans
to attack our Avalon Colony. I strongly recommend deploying all
available forces there. In light of this incursion, Defiant will
proceed to the Avalon Colony system, as soon as possible, to assist
with its defense. I have a strong hunch about this, Admiral.
Message ends.]

    Satisfied with his message, he sent it to the
message drone and ordered it launched. When Shiloh reviewed the
plan a few minutes later, he was pleased to see that the Astrogator
had taken into consideration a new location for Valkyrie and
Skywalker, so that Defiant and the Strike Force would both be
within line-of-sight of the sentries, during the lead up to the
battle. They could then relay information back and forth between
the ship and the fighter group without fear of the enemy listening
in. He approved the new orders for the Strike Force and sentry
fighters and ordered them sent to Valkyrie right away so that they
could be relayed to Iceman’s group as soon as communications
between the Strike Force and sentries was re-established. The
planned deployment of Defiant’s recon drones needed tweaking and
Shiloh, Tanaka and the Astrogator were still working on that when a
new text message from Valkyrie was received.

    [ Contact re-established with Strike Force.
New orders transmitted and acknowledged. Valkyrie and Skywalker are
now moving to new relay positions. Message relayed from Iceman as
follows: A very gutsy plan, CAG! You should have been a fighter
pilot like us! Message ends .]

    Shiloh laughed and then noticed that no one else
was laughing. They’re afraid this plan won’t work. I’d be afraid
too if I hadn’t had the vision. Out loud he said.

    “I guess that means that he likes the plan.”
Neither Tanaka nor the Astrogator responded. Shiloh brought their
focus back to the recon deployment and within a couple more
minutes, they had a plan that he liked. With the ship ready for the
microjump, Shiloh activated ship-wide intercom.

    “This is Cmdr. Shiloh. We’ve lost contact with
the enemy fleet. Unless we get it back, we won’t know whether this
fleet intends to attack the Avalon Colony or take a different route
deeper into our Space. Re-establishing contact will be risky. In a
moment, we’ll microjump to a point that the enemy can’t help but
detect. We’ll then move towards where we think they’ll be coming
from. The idea is to get them focused on us, so that our recon
drones can pinpoint their location and our Strike Force will then
try to catch up to them and attack them by surprise from their
rear. It’s not my intention to let the enemy get close enough to be
a serious threat but we have to be prepared for that possibility. A
message drone with a warning about this enemy fleet is on its way
back to Bradley Base. Regardless of what happens here, HQ will be
warned and can make their own preparations. After we microjump,
we’ll stay at Battle Stations. I’m confident that we’ll