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    Storming the Norse Wind: Origins of Destiny, #0
    Storming the Norse Wind: Origins of Destiny, #0
    Storming the Norse Wind: Origins of Destiny, #0
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    Storming the Norse Wind: Origins of Destiny, #0

    By M. D. Cooper

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    Tanis Richards and the crew of the TSS Kirby Jones have been patroling the edge of the InnerSol asteroid belt for eleven months. Her crew is tired, they're low on food and equipment, and ready to return to port for refit and repair.

    But before they do, a freighter is passing through their patrol space. It's named the Norse Wind and the Cune Port Authority has reason to believe the ship is carrying contraband requiring boarding and seizure.

    It should be a simple stop and grab, but at the end of a long patrol, things rarely go right.  

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherM. D. Cooper
    Release dateMay 26, 2018
    ISBN9781386193715
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      Storming the Norse Wind - M. D. Cooper

      STORMING THE NORSE WIND

      ORIGINS OF DESTINY – PREQUEL

      BY M. D. COOPER

      Copyright © 2018 M. D. Cooper

      Aeon 14 is Copyright © 2018 M. D. Cooper

      Version 1.0.0

      Cover Art by Andrew Dobell

      Editing by Jen McDonnell

      Aeon 14 & M. D. Cooper are registered trademarks of Michael Cooper

      All rights reserved

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      STORMING THE NORSE WIND

      THE BOOKS OF AEON 14

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      STORMING THE NORSE WIND

      STELLAR DATE: 01.08.4084 (Adjusted Years)

      LOCATION: TSS Kirby Jones

      REGION: Rimward edge of asteroid belt, Terran Hegemony, InnerSol

      Commander Tanis Richards leaned forward in the captain’s chair on the TSS Kirby Jones, examining the ship floating before her on the bridge’s main holotank.

      It was a medium tonnage freighter on a run from Cune to Makemake; a nondescript ship on a common shipping route. Yet something about the vessel felt wrong. She couldn’t put her finger on it, but it was more than the flag the freighter had on it from the Cune Port Authority.

      Lovell, the ship’s AI, had run through the freighter’s manifest, and nothing stood out. However, the Cune dockmaster had reason to believe they had smuggled undeclared cargo aboard—some old engine flow regulators that were contraband for reasons Tanis couldn’t fathom—and were taking it out of Terran Hegemony space. 

      Bring them around on our vector, Tanis ordered her comm and scan officer. No point in us wasting fuel. We’re low enough on volatiles as it is.

      "Freighter Norse Wind, cease acceleration on current course, and come about to the vector we have designated," Lieutenant James called out over the Kirby Jones’s comm systems.

      The Norse Wind was only two light seconds away, but the response took almost thirty to come back.

      They’ve acknowledged, Lieutenant James said. They’re shifting course; should match up with us in thirty-five minutes.

      I can tighten that up a bit, Lieutenant Jeannie said from the pilot’s console. If I give a little boost now, we can sync up in about twenty-five.

      Do it, Lieutenant, Tanis said.

      Yes, ma’am.

      Tanis continued to stare at the holo, wondering why the Kirby Jones had been dispatched to check over this ship. The freighter was due to stop at Callisto in two weeks—inspectors there could have checked the ship over without sending her patrol craft off-course.

      She could see the need for a mid-route interception if the ship had a poor reputation. But other than a few small infractions, the Norse Wind had a stellar rating—especially for a Scattered Disk ship that made runs into InnerSol.

      I’m going over on this one, she finally declared. Jeannie, you have the conn.

      Jeannie turned in her seat and gave Tanis a questioning look. Ma’am?

      You heard me, Lieutenant, you have the conn.

      Aye, ma’am, I have the conn, Jeannie replied.

      Tanis nodded with satisfaction, pretending to ignore the look Jeannie shared with James. Either the two lieutenants were wondering what was the reason for the interception as much as she was, or they’d placed a bet as to whether or not she’d join the boarding party.

      she asked the ship’s AI over the Link.

      Lovell responded, the AI’s words flowing directly into her mind.

      Tanis stood and raised her arms in a long stretch before turning and walking off the bridge toward the patrol ship’s sortie room. It wasn’t

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