Warrior One: Fleet Action III

By Connor G. Madison

Fleet Action III - The Battle for Rigel. The FOP fleets assists the K'lar Conglomerate to throw the Gar from their Home System.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Connor G. Madison
• Release date: Aug 26, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310232220

Connor G. Madison

Connor was raised on the southwest side of Chicago. His parents lived the American dream, a nice house on a nice street back when people treated each other decently. Back when children could play outside without fear. Connor grew up reading everything, fiction, non-fiction, science fiction, everything. As he grew up, he found he loved science. He also loved science fiction, all the greats of past decades. Heinlein, Reynolds, Dickson, Drake, Azimov were his champions of his youth on into adult life. Today, Connor writes science fiction for his own amusement. Yet he wondered if people would like to read what he writes. So he is delving into the eBook arena with a few of his musings. So have fun reading, he had fun write them.

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Warrior One

Fleet Action III

by

Connor G. Madison

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Warrior One

Fleet Action III

The Battle for Rigel

by

Connor G. Madison

Copyright © 2015 by Connor G. Madison

Chapter 1

Ezra sat in the Captain's chair of Warrior One, contemplating the blips on one of the screens at his console. His Fleet was short three ships, but they had been replaced by three others. The Mauthe Doog, the Wulver, and the Ceasg were with Fleet Cook. Tór had been transferred to his command, along with Sé and Crón. Fleet One was probably the most powerful Fleet in the Galaxy, a dreadnought, and three command battleships.

Ezra smiled at that thought, then reflected on his past. He had come a long way from the backwoods of Kentucky. A long way from the wilderness that was now North America. And it had been a struggle fraught with missteps and setbacks. Back in the woods, he had been a loner. Most people in NA were, after the class wars. The war had been long and grueling and fought two decades before Ezra had been born, but the prejudices were still there. Making life difficult for everyone. Never being able to truly trust anyone.

Was it just three days ago that he volunteered the might of the Federation to help the K'lar? And did Admiral Cook actually go along with him? And Fleet Admiral Fitzgerald, showing up at the last moment to put his seal of approval to the operation. Then the Fleet Admiral announcing his flag transfer to Warrior Three. Ezra was sure Bridget really loved that. Then there was Admiral Sárán Conlan in the Fleet Three Battleship. Four Admirals from the FOP and one very High Admiral of the K'lar.

Rumors had four other admirals wanting to get in on the action, but Fleet Admiral Fitzgerald had put a stop to that. The planning had been completed by the time Admiral Fitzgerald had arrived, but Admiral Cook took him through the plan. The next day saw one hundred and sixty ships around Aldebaran V. Each fleet had a course to follow to get to Rigel. Once there, all fleets would linger and wipe the Gar ships from space. Fleet Three and three other K'lar Fleets were being held in reserve close to the action.

At the last minute, a ground contingent had been added. The Nuadu and her sister ship,