Starship Defender: Beyond Human Space
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Perhaps they were right.
I scratched my three-day beard with one hand and felt my bony knuckles. Wait – since when did I have bony knuckles?
Never mind. I knew what to do. I had the alien core, I had the Defender, and I had one last chance to impress a bunch of racist aliens.
I ran into the great cabin and looked for the alien core that I’d stolen. I connected it to the Defender. The device prompted me to place my finger in its reader. Surprisingly, it worked. My genes had become Frateran enough to activate their technology.
The Defender began downloading the entire library of Frateran knowledge.
I was just like the refugees: neither human nor Frateran. I stood back up and noticed the surgeon by the door. He bowed and brought the tips of his fingers to his forehead, then to his navel, a gesture that I’d seen him do to many of his comrades in the past. For some reason, I returned it. I was turning into an icky alien anyway, so I could start acting like them.
I now had a crew and the Earth’s top scientists working for me. We were ready to conquer the stars and to fight whomever decided to attack Earth.
“I knew it!” Harry walked through everyone by the door and pointed an accusatory finger at me. “I knew you were one of them. You can even use their tech!”
I had a crew, I had a ship, I had scientists, and I had a drinking AI with empathy issues working for me. I was unstoppable.
When was our next battle?
Contents
Starship Defender
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
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