Solar Warden

Escape Part 122

"Get us out of the orbit, we need as fast as possible be in a jump ready position," the Captain ordered.

"Affirmative," the navigator replied and made the needed calculation. "Sir, our route will make the approach for the shuttles much longer."

"That risk we have to take. Our main objective is to get back to Earth. No matter what." Fisher didn't like it. But they would have achieved nothing if the Icarus does not fly back.

The Icarus accelerated out of the orbit into the space to leave the planets gravity influence behind.

The shuttles were ready to start. They left some bikes behind and flew this time directly up into the sky. Then 100 miles away from the mountains, in high altitude they went too hypersonic and towards space. They already had to alter the course to adapt for the Icarus flight path. With them were all fighters and combat drones except one combat drone for the destruction run of the left stuff.

"Captain, unknown Signal on sensors! Starting to scan," Clark informed.

Fisher went at once to the volumetric display. "Show the trajectory."

"It is on interception course. They are also launching ships," Clark was now busy to get the readings.

"Prepare the combat drones with APEX ammunition," Fisher ordered.

"The enemy ship has the double size of ours. It is launching the triangular ships we encountered," Clark could tell now.

"Sound the alarm! Send a sensor drone into their direction. Mark the ship as hostile for the combat drones and get all fighters we have ready. Same ammunition as the drones." Fisher checked the trajectory. "I need the ETA and what's the ETA of our landing parties."

"The ship will reach us in one hour. Our team will arrive in 40 minutes. But I guess the enemy fighters will be much faster when they send them," Clark replied.

"Inform Ryan, we may need other options, they might need to retreat. And show me a count of this triangular ships." There were now a lot of red dots around the big enemy vessel on the volumetric screen. They were all gathering in front of it. The number was now shown, there were 62, still increasing.