A group of ships were flying in outer
space, a place where sound made no sense and speed was difficult to judge.
Inside the bridge of a destroyer escort, Sterling Presley was sitting in front
of a computer. Despite the military-cut brown hair, he resembled nothing of a
stereotypical soldier. His slim figure could be a little stronger. The brown
eyes were too calm and solitary to hold patriotism. His skin wasn’t rough
enough to match the cruelty of war. If he weren’t wearing a uniform, he would
have looked like a junior college professor.
Weird
… He confirmed his suspicion
and closed the image on the computer. The recent Battle of the Stony Band was
considered a victory, their first victory since the war spread to this system
eight years ago, but something about that battle wasn’t right.
He
picked up a phone from the table and said a few words. A moment later an
officer appeared at the door. “Sir?”
“Get
ready for unloading at Turning Point Station.” Sterling left his desk and
stopped in front of a window. Nothing existed outside, except lights from
distant stars. The small planet RA-5 was not distinguishable yet from its
background.
“Unloading?”
The officer hesitated. “Sir, I thought we were heading to the fortress.”
“We
are, but …” Sterling wasn’t sure how to explain it. To him, logic and reasoning
were most meaningful when one studied a case de facto; at the front, everything should yield to intuitions. Or,
things that appeared like intuitions but were outcomes of one’s subconscious
logic and reasoning.
“Just
do what I said.”
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