Empire Dawn

Excerpt:

Stoner let out a sigh of relief when 007 cleared the atmosphere. The onboard radar still wasn’t showing any bogies, but the more powerful orbiting radars’ data was being relayed to all defense boats. A warble tone in his helmet’s speakers notified him that the Squadron’s lead boat had transmitted the tactical orders. Stoner read the orders on his console’s small screen and whistled in surprise.

“What is it?” asked Mbutu.

“Firing orders. We fire all our birds at the same time at the same target.”

Mbutu nodded. “Makes sense if we want to overwhelm their defensive lasers.”

Stoner said nothing. It did make sense, but he had a bad feeling about it for some reason.