The Chronos Lance charged with a sound like a dying star. He aimed not at the Maw of Vengeance , but at the asteroid field behind it. The lance struck a century-old rock. In one second, that rock experienced a billion years. It collapsed into a microscopic black hole, then evaporated in a blast of Hawking radiation that cracked the shields of every pirate ship in a ten-kilometer radius.
A pirate armada—the Crimson Fang, fifty ships strong, led by the legendary dreadnought Maw of Vengeance —blockaded the jump gate to the rich inner systems. They were after a Company convoy. Hundreds of civilian lives were in the balance. darkorbit uber protegit
"Your old life was a single pixel," the voice said. "We will teach you to paint with galaxies." The Chronos Lance charged with a sound like a dying star
And his real test was only beginning.
Then he decloaked.
But the true test came on Day 7.