A Father, Lost

[Akirapryde]

As the transport made its orbit of the large island complex, Jake could make out seventy six fighters lined up in formation near hangers. There were also some eighteen small craft near the fighters. But what caught Jake's eyes with this group were two types of small craft. Three of those small craft had an oval disk above the fuselage of the craft. It took Jake a moment to realize that what he was looking at was a powerful sensor array. Three of those small craft had been converted in to some kind of advanced AWAC's craft.

Then there were a group of small craft located at Tetsuhara Airfield. Much like the craft that Jake was riding in, these were armed corporate craft. But it was the large Fortress that caught Jake's eyes. Along its side was a noticeable scare from damage that had been long repaired. Jake had seen a wound on another Fortress just like that one. But it couldn't be!