The Evacuation of N'Trea

By Ronald Brandenburg III

Jesse Ownsman is now a decorated war hero of the New Order, but still resigned to mopping floors and peeling potatoes. When his newest post is wiped out, he finds himself on board the Confederate Battleship Typhoon working for new masters. But when he finds out what the Confederation of Traders will stoop to, he knows that he has to keep fighting them.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ronald Brandenburg III
• Release date: May 17, 2017
• ISBN: 9781370037681

Ronald Brandenburg III

Ronald Brandenburg III was born in the United States in Alabama and grew up on the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Growing up on a small farm meant having few neighbors and thus delved into the worlds of fantasy and science fiction. Major influences include Harold Coyle, J. R. R. Tolkien, Edgar Rice Burroughs, J. K. Rowling and many others. Ronald studied mechanical engineering at the University of Alabama in Huntsville where he graduated with honors. Since finishing school, he is a Systems Engineer for a Fortune 500 company. Alongside table top strategy games and computer games, writing is a favorite hobby.

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The Evacuation of N’Trea

By Ronald Brandenburg

Published by Ronald Brandenburg at Smashwords

Copyright 2017 Ronald Brandenburg

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This short story is a sequel to The Lonely Station and Shards of the Abyss set in the Other Worlds universe, I recommend that you read those stories first to get a firm grasp on where the protagonist, Jesse Ownsman, grew up and came from before continuing on with this story. If you finish this, or any other story that I’ve written, please leave a review online where you downloaded it from. Thank you and happy reading.

Jesse Ownsman was a highly decorated and honored trooper of the New Order. Jesse had been awarded the Emerald Order of Bravery for his defense of Aridia and the destruction of two Confederate warships. Jesse Ownsman was mopping the floor of the mess hall.

Two days earlier had been the award ceremony on the planet where his current stationed resided: N’Trea. A small backwater station that was important to nobody, but the New Order kept a small garrison to protect the corporate interests of a powerful Lord. A couple dozen dignitaries had attended, along with the entire garrison. He didn’t like the attention and when he was asked to give a speech, he shirked away from the podium after the briefest of thank yous. The base commander stepped in immediately and gave a speech, while Jesse’s lieutenant gave him the sternest of stares. He had been told, in no uncertain terms, that he would be in the doghouse for a long time for embarrassing their visitors. Jesse didn’t remember the VIPs looking embarrassed, but he was still low man on the totem pole; thus, the cleaning detail today.

The unit he had been assigned to did not like him getting that kind of attention either. They were not the crisp troops seen in promotional videos. They were high school dropouts that joined to avoid jail time or get away from bad situations and see the inhabited sector. Having a ceremony with visiting dignitaries had required drilling for