Chapter Thirty-Four
The next few years were quiet, but then one day
as Morn was at the limit of his patrol, Communications began to pick up
some strange activity. "Something big is going on, sir. Command has
called three battleships from the surrounding area and ordered them
into a system two leaps away!"
2 A little while later Morn was just getting ready to leave station
when Communications looked toward him. "Sir," the Officer announced, "incoming orders. "We're to drop all
pods, pick up two star drive destroyers and a cutter that are
approaching us, and move into position for a leap into a neighboring
system."
3 Morn decided to stay on deck. There was definitely something going
on. He had two pods with high priority cargo, most of it bound for the
Capitol. He would not be ordered to drop it unless it was a real
emergency.
4 As soon as the destroyers and cutter were docked he moved into
position for the leap.
5 "Sir," announced Communications, "I've monitored other uncoded calls
to The Lord's Vengeance and The Vision Of God. They're ordered to
rendezvous with us in the same system."
6 "It looks like," put in Navigation, "we're headed wherever the
battleships went."
7 Communications returned to his board. "Orders to leap, sir, as soon
as possible!"
8 "Are we in position?" asked Morn.
9 "Yes, sir," answered Navigation.
10 "Take us out, Helm!"
11 The Son's Pride disappeared from the system it was in and reappeared
on the outskirts of another one. Moments after they arrived, The Lord's
Vengeance also came out of leap. North flashed a quick message to Morn.
"What's going on?" he asked.