A Race Against the Darkness/4

Chapter Four
Aboard the RES Shooting Star 194 meters above Golgatha, Heaven, Kingdom Of Man March 21, 2276, 1341.16 MCT

"Starboard grav thruster back on line!" Geri reported, even as the bridge trembled from hits against the gravalloy, Jada ripping a pair of Mannie destroyers apart, the point-defense network dealing with a seemingly inexhaustible supply of jump fighters, the arrival of six fleets from Green Mountain and Bornfree only slightly changing the situation