Chapter 21The three black ships, one of thembearing the Kingmaker and all of them cloaked, had just flown bytheoutpost. They were heading to their own planet and they werepreparing for war. They were determined to make Ft. MacDonald abattle very much akin to Custer’s Last Stand.
I listened silently as Stephanie gaveme her report. She was not only a skilled soldier and an ingeniousknife fighter, she could have been a historian. She gave a specificaccount with no emotion and no extraneous details. She describedthebattle with the mysterious black jet in a matter-of-facttone.
“When our plane landed we didn’tbother to follow the attackers. We loaded the bombs as quickly aspossible and high-tailed it back here. Majaste was kind enough toprovide us with an extra explosive. He figured we might h
