From Furies Forged (Free Fleet Book 5) Read Free

like, pity for the Kalu in that moment.
                  Then the darkness that had lived in his soul from the first battle against those damned demons made his eyes dance as he bared his teeth.
                  Asteroids ripped free of that wormhole, there was no stopping them as active Kalu star-warriors and Destroyers fired into them.
                  Smith remembered the asteroids that had ravaged Ship Commander Kelu and his Syndicate fleet. Salchar's plan had been as brilliant as it was risky. Bregend's plan mitigated those risks, and used the asteroids with terrible efficiency.
                  The asteroids weren't just single entities. Each projectile was made up of tens of asteroids. Each connected by cabling and supporting struts. Charges went off, breaking those separating struts. 
                  The asteroids had been given a small spin for just this reason. It made the projectiles unfurl like deadly flowers. 
                  "Time moving slow The minutes seem like hours The final curtain call I see How true is this? Just get it over with If this is true, just let it be"
                  Smith didn't even try to listen to the lyrics of his song as the first asteroid hit the yard.
                  The wave of destruction was indescribable. The superstructure of the thousands of yards shuddered, breaking as its sides disappeared. Kinetic energy met Star-Destroyers.
                  Projectile after projectile hit the yard. Those deadly flowers turned anything that seemed to stay together into uselessness. Fireballs burst into existence as Destroyers disintegrated.
                  It was like watching Lego be hit with a fifty calibre machine gun, again and again.
                  "Flash before my eyes Now it's time to die Burning in my brain I can feel the flame"
                  "I think we can chalk this one up for a win,” Smith heard himself say, the wormhole disappeared as he surveyed what had been the Star-Destroyer yard.
                  "Yeah,” Kyle said, the shock clear in his voice.
                  What will happen when someone looks to use that against populated worlds?  A part of Smith's brain thought. A shudder passed down his spine.
                  "On to Venzir next,” Kyle said.
                  "Only fourteen more Star-Destroyer yards to go,” Smith replied as he passed the message onto his Jump-ship pilots.
                  They confirmed and set their plans for jumps back to the support ship.
                  "Be damned happy to get rid of them,” Kyle's voice turning cold.
                  "Me too,” Smith said, remembering the Kalu fighters at Rosho and the vids he'd seen from Heija.
                  Evelyn Sparks and every damned reporter was pushing those videos as hard as ever. Some were getting the idea at least.
                  The Free Fleet was getting more applications everyday. The reserve planet-based Commandos and fighters were quickly mobilizing. If Ashota' predictions of what Orshpa was going to do came true. Those reserve units would quickly find themselves on the front lines.
                  Smith discharged a capacitor, making a wormhole away from Donakrel. 
                 
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                  Evelyn Spark's articles were read, broadcasted and listened to all across known space. Knox, Min Hae's informant within the highest echelons of government, listened to them more than most. The spy master scanned through another one such article. The war on Heija was unlike anything that he had ever heard of or seen. It had gone on for months. The Free Fleet Commandos and