Engineering Murder, page 5
They all had bizarre musician names like Pinky, Rawhide, and Perfect Tom.
My new friend said his name was Buck.
After a little while, I excused myself and got up to leave.
As I left, I turned to the group and said “ Nice talking with you, I’ll come back another time, maybe you should change the name of your band to the Hong Kong Cavaliers. It has a better ring to it.”
I returned to my quarters.
My new orders arrived the next day. With the killers caught, I was being transferred to a third officer position aboard one of the new heavy cruisers.
The mini-station we had worked so hard on had been mostly destroyed, but the Navy was very interested in its design. The newly strengthened bulkheads were to be incorporated into existing ship designs. I hope that they will save lives. My hydroponics design was sent to the fleet scientific station for more testing.
The Buckley family was on the run. Somehow, I suspect that I will hear from them again.
Throughout the course of history humanity has reached for the stars. Interstellar travel was a dream of mankind. The invention of the Doohan drive or fusion engine in the 21st century made achieving that dream a reality. We now had the ability to leave our solar system and travel ...anywhere.
Suddenly, everyone wanted to go out there, out, into space. Colony ship construction began almost immediately. Those individuals or groups that had enough funds or resources, built themselves a ship. Political groups, extremist groups, paranoid collectives and religious cults all built or purchased ships to leave Earth. Many of Earth’s religious minorities left in search of freedom. Following them into space were, profit seekers, those who looked for the last great score. The corporate world embraced the movement sending out their own colony ships. These were different in that its colonists were wage slaves or those in financial bondage. Those that could leave, did.
The remaining world governments and the United Nations looked to use colonization as a way to help with population control. Large swaths of “undesirables”, criminals, illegals, or unwanted found themselves scooped up. Colonization by force. Pack them up and ship them out, often never to be seen again. Cryogenics were in their infancy, mostly they were just fantasy, not science. Drugs could only extend sleep periods and enhance calm aboard ship.
The colony ships became generational. A colonists entire life would be spent traveling to a new world. Many people had families aboard ship and it was they that began the new colony. My own ancestors were such travelers. Exiles because of being different, of having a non-standard religion or belief. The lists of missing or overdue ships was as long as it was famous. Space is vast. Many of Earth’s historical figures and political movements disappeared to be swallowed up by the dark. Many of the earliest colony ships just simply vanished into the depths of space.
It was these ships that history began to call the Ghost Ships of Terra.
So ends the second book of the Athena Lee Adventure. When I wrote this book about a year ago I really didn’t know what I was doing. I had a story in my head that I wanted to get out. I needed to share her story with everyone. I didn’t know how to write, edit, or even put a book together. My new friends helped me and the books was published. The story continued to book four and beyond. The early books are a bit simplistic but they chronicle my career and demonstrate what I have learned as an Author. Athena Lee will continue as will I.
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Also By T S Paul
Federal Witch
Conjuring Quantico - Now Available in Audio!
Magical Probi - Now Available in Audio!
Special Agent in Charge - Now Available in Audio!
Witness Enchantment
Path to Otherwhere
Night of the Unicorn
Invisible Elder
Blood on the Moon
Child of Darkness
Child of Darkness - The Extra Chapter
A Draft of Dragons
Cat’s Night Out, Tails from the Federal Witch - Audio Available
Serpent Con
Darkness Revealed
Monster Hunter
Jack Dalton Book 1
Jack Dalton Book 2
Jack Dalton Book 3
Jack Dalton Book 4
Jack Dalton Book 5
Jack Dalton Book 6
Jack Dalton Book 7
Jack Dalton Book 8
Jack Dalton Book 9
Athena Lee Chronicles
The Forgotten Engineer
Engineering Murder
Ghost Ships of Terra
Revolutionary
Insurrection
Imperial Subversion
The Martian Inheritance - Audio Now Available
Infiltration
Prelude to War
War to the Knife
Ghosts of Noodlemass Past
Athena Lee Universe
Space Cadets - Coming Soon
Smuggle Life
Double Cross
Politics Equals Death
Cut and Run
A Grand Affair
Short Story Collections
Wilson’s War
A Colony of CATT
Borscht is Boring
Box Sets
The Federal Witch: The Collected Works, Book 1
Chronicles of Athena Lee Book 1-3
Chronicles of Athena Lee Book 4-6
Chronicles of Athena Lee Book 7-9 plus the prequel
Athena Lee Chronicles (10 Book Series)
Camilla: The Collected Works
New Beginnings
Standalones or Tie-Ins
The Lost Pilot
Uncommon Life
Kutherian Gambit
Alpha Class. The Etheric Academy book 1
Alpha Class - Engineering. The Etheric Academy Book 2
The Etheric Academy (2 Book Series)
Nonfiction
Get That Sh@t Off Your Cover!: The So-Called Miracle Man Speaks Out
Study Guide and Timeline: The Athena Lee Chronicles
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