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GSS Hunter
High orbit around Mars
4142.6.19 Galactic
After the materializer beam released him, Nick felt his shoulders actually sag in relief for the first time in over a week. The stakeout had taken longer than he would have liked. Two weeks in a Mars dome was two weeks too long for a veteran spacer like him.
I must be getting old.
Back in the day, he used to be able to stake out an enemy position for a month with minimal food and water, waiting for the right moment to strike. But his aching muscles and general overall feeling of weariness told him his days of flying across the galaxy, kicking butt and taking names, had a finite shelf life.
The deck plating of the former Iosaijn warship clanged loudly in his ears as his heavy combat boots slapped the deck as he approached the wea
