The deep space racers fight it out, as they slash into the void, screaming to the finish line at the end of a star system – coming in hot!

The 22nd CT engineers left no doubt, that Vigor would be a very, nimble war machine. Her accouterments included a unique set of ten rotating motors, mounted in strategic locations on the ship. Two of the powerful motors were mounted on the top of the bow of the gunship. The location of the other eight motors operated flawlessly, with four below the fuselage mid line and four above. The special Bactzac motors provided 360 degree rotation for the Pierce 913. If Anna chose to slow down her flight in mid air, she could still move forward or backward in a controlled spin. Or the Pierce 913 could hover at any angle - the bow down and with the stern up or vice versa.

Working in concert with the ten Bactzac motors, the maser control target system permitted Anna 7 to track three multiple targets simultaneously (two primary and one secondary) with sequence firing resolutions included, even as the desired targets crossed various viewing arrays. More firepower upon firepower, originates with two sets of dual self-acting cannons, crushing shields with projectile casings, filled with explosives. The projectile casings, when fired from the cannons are made of plasma Balmer hydrogen, in arc lines, filled with relazantium #3 or as the CT researchers named it, the “O6 Factor”.

Borrowing a page out of nature’s own handbook, nano and syn/bio engineers collaborated with 22nd CT scientific munition experts, developing weapons based on the theory of free radicals. Free radicals are a collection of atoms with an odd (unpaired) number of electrons that when engaged with oxygen interacts with certain molecules, initiating a chain reaction of damage, like dominoes. After invading the cell walls, the free radicals destroy the important cellular components including the DNA found within cells.

Relazantium #3 or O6 factor which the CT researchers produced in their labs was an equivalent to the free radical model of nature, within this weapons system. O6 material in its natural state is actually a classification of stars with the hottest cores found in the universe. These cores are partially composed of prominent ionized elements. O6 Factor is actually composed of Silicon IV, Oxygen III, Nitrogen III and Carbon III, with a dash of super microwaved deuterium-tritium to hold it all together, as it speeds through the vacuum that is the void of space. Encased in a plasma bolt of radical hydrogen moving in straight lines at the speed of sub light, the projectile slams into the target ejecting free radicalized O6 Factor liken to a molten gel on any surface, simply gobbling up the protons of everything. Death! Death! Death! Hell of a bullet.

Other armament on Vigor included 10 mega claw torpedoes, 20 red bolt disruptor cartridges with erosion tips, which could be fired from Raxa double bore rifles, one mounted front and two others in the rear. With limited bomb options, the 913 could only successfully deployed three giga-volt bombs. The shield strength though very sturdy and idyllic in dog fights gunship to gunship, it was only able to take several hits from a class 6 or 7 size NOVA Destroyer. But one or two hits from a CT size battleship would mean disaster. The 913 had a stealth package which made the ship’s electronic signature appear to be bigger if need be to fool an aggressor.

The one thing Anna really enjoyed about entering combat with all her weapons at her disposal, had to be the Pierce 913’s forward profile. When she suddenly flashed into attack mode, firing all she had, Anna loved to terrify the enemy coming in “low and lean, squat and smoking gun hot.”

She slipped into door of Vigor, easing herself sensuously into the sleekness that was the cockpit of her ship. Anna spoke warmly to the on board computer. Instantly, the instrumentation displays danced about like fairies in the meadow during a full moon lit night. Vigor answered back in her silky, sexy voice oozing a certain amount of confidence, “Anna.” “Yes” “You have a message.” “I do,” responded Anna looking down at her own com device and sure enough there was a message. The message was from Lt. Inspector General Ranee from the 3rd Galaxy Imperial Expeditionary Forces. “Vigor. Retrieve and play message.” On the viewing screen appeared the General at a table with other officers, with the great seal of the 22nd Consortium Triumvirate in the back ground.

“Anna 7. Upon receipt of this communication, you will immediately proceed to the planet Sumohael in the Huke star system. You will act as a support unit aiding the recovery and ensure the bodily safety of the Eastern Continental President, his family and the members of his Royal Cabinet staff and their families. We have just received intel that a coup will commence within four to five hours. You are one of the few assets we have in the star system zone. You will be joined with other assets in the area to complete this mission. When you are within direct communication horizon with our headquarters – check in for further directives. General Ranee, Out.”

Anna 7 wasted no time. Eighteen point seven seconds later, Anna 7 was already seventy-two vectors away, from her previous location on the hill top – now she was flashing forward to the planet Sumohael, in the Huke star system.

What will Anna 7 encounter on planet Sumohael?
Who are the other assets joining Anna 7 at the ‘objective’ on Sumohael?

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