No Technology Is Invincible (The Death Prophecies-Book Four 4)
that spiral galaxy in five more days.”
    “It will take too long to get a ship there?”
    “The ship we’re sending will make the voyage in about a week.”
    “That’s not possible,” The Darkness Leader protested.
    “We have one vessel capable of doing it. The one who met with you recently will be piloting it.”
    “Are you certain about this ship’s capability?”
    “I am. You need to tell me if anything changes before we launch.”
    “I will. I also need to know what you uncover.”
    Steve nodded, “You’ll have the information as soon as I receive it.”
    “Have you devised a plan on what to do?”
    “We’re stumbling around in the dark without information about that galaxy. Let us both hope we’re given enough time to collect the data we need to move forward.” The Supreme Leader nodded and Steve ended the contact and leaned back in his chair wishing he was the one going.
    • • •
    Gabby went into her last final and pulled up her scores from the previous four finals. She stared at them and looked at the test in front of her. She turned the pages quickly and then smiled. Piece of cake.
    • • •
    Dr. Hilo watched her and wondered what was going on; Cadet Bartoli never smiled. She must know that she was going to beat Admiral Eagle’s scores. He didn’t wish her ill will but he knew the better person was going to lose this time. He watched her start taking the examination and really had to give her the credit she was due. She was incredibly brilliant and her motivation was beyond question. He wondered why he wasn’t pulling for her. He looked at the other Cadets in the room and saw that none of them were sitting near Miss. Bartoli.
    Then he saw it; Miss Bartoli did nothing to endear herself to those around her. She did everything alone and depended on no one but herself. That aloofness coupled with a lack of beauty was enough for all the other cadets to keep their distance from her. He lifted his head as Gabby closed her examination and walked it up to his desk. He wondered what she was doing, there was no way she could have answered the hundred questions in the time since the test started. She handed him the exam and smiled, “Let me know what you think, Doctor.”
    Gabby turned and walked out of the room. Hilo opened the test and quickly went over the exam; she had only answered two questions along with two sub-questions on questions with multiple answers. He immediately scored the test and pulled up her cumulative score. He added them together and then pulled up Gabriel Eagle’s records. He stared at them and then looked out the window and saw Miss Bartoli sitting under a tree. He was wrong, the best person did win and it wasn’t Admiral Eagle.

Chapter Four
    G abe was sitting in his command chair with his eyes closed. The engineers were installing four more blaster modules on the hull. “Poul, why did you only have two blasters?”
    “It was too dangerous to work on my hull. It would have instantly killed anyone that touched it and the Bosrean decided to only activate the weapons that were originally built on the hull. Now that the surface has a neutral charge, the engineers can work on it safely.”
    “What about these small missiles the Bosrean have manufactured for you?”
    “You’re aware of the two large missiles that were used to take out the thruster launchers, right?”
    “I am,” Gabe answered.
    “These are a smaller version of that missile.”
    “Help me understand why we’re going to need them on this mission?”
    “The metal used to build them does not undergo the change. It will keep its positive charge in both universes.”
    Gabe smiled, “The missile will be anti-matter in that universe.”
    “It will and being made of a super-conductor metal, it should make it through the force field being used by the Builders.”
    “What have we learned about their warships?”
    “They’re really ahead of us technologically. They’re faster and more powerful than the ships

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