Chapter Fifty
June 25, Mu Arae System, Molino, near HTP
Jia’s heart pounded as they came out of the jump. It wasn’t the disorientation of jump travel, but the realization of the massive and unprecedented scale of what they’d accomplished: jumping all the way from Earth to the edge of the UTC in under two days. It’d taken Erik a year to accomplish the same thing after the fateful battle that had set him on the trail of the Core.
In any other circumstance, this achievement would have been greeted with fanfare, parties, and special attention to detail for future historians. At that moment, it was just another step in a difficult mission they might have already failed.
“There is a Fleet destroyer nearby,” Emma reported. “The Canberra. Its shields are active, and sensor information suggests
