Black Star

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Something isn’t right.

The thought kept buzzing like a gnat in Captain Laura Quimby’s head. Again she peered into the monochrome green display.

Nothing. The sky was still empty. No one out there except Dynasty One and the shooters flying cover for him.

Quimby removed her glasses and tossed them onto the console. She was getting a bad feeling about this. Something didn’t compute.

“He’s transmitting again,” said First Lieutenant Pete Clegg, the Raven sitting at the console next to her. “Same guy, south coast of Hainan.”

“What are the linguists getting on him?”

“It sounds like ground controlled intercept stuff. Like he’s vectoring an airborne client.”

Intercept? The thought sent a rush of uneasiness through Quimby. “What client? What are we missing? Do you see anything out there?”

Clegg stared at his own display and shook his head. “Nothing in Dynasty’s threat sector. A couple of bogeys over Hainan — looks like Flankers out of Lingshui. Too far away to be a factor.”

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