Chapter 2
Nika’s ears were still ringing from the Rangers’ boarding song. Even though they were now tucked away below in their soundproofed cabins and she was up in her tower, it still seemed to reverberate from the craft’s steel hull itself.
Dave had fired off the LCAC’s four big Vericor gas turbine engines. Inside the Well Deck the roar was deafening. And that was despite her full helmet and own sound-insulated tower cabin. With her acknowledgement that they looked good from her vantage point, Dave raised the ramps and inflated the skirt.
In an instant the cavernous Well Deck disappeared behind a solid fog of spray. The high-speed windshield wipers had little effect. The deck hadn’t been flooded, which it could do for hulled sea craft, but the big fans beneath the LCAC found every bit
