Rogue Powers

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Authors: Roger Macbride Allen

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CAPTAIN TO THE BRIDGE!

RED ALERT!

ALL HANDS TO BATTLE STATIONS!
THIS IS NOT A DRILL!
CAPTAIN TO THE BRI—

The first impact was felt more than heard, a booming, shaking roar that knocked them off their feet. The lights died, and, through the bulkhead that led to Hangar One, they heard the horrible sound of air whistling away into space, of screams and cries and alarm bells dying off when the air that carried them had vanished into space.

"Oh my God, they've hulled Hangar One," Sir George said, his voice deep with shock. "They're all dead in there. My God."

Joslyn climbed to her feet. The gloomy red of the emergency lighting system flickered on, and she saw Sir George striding purposefully across the deck, toward the airlock at the aft end and the nearest way to the bridge.

ROGUE POWERS

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

Copyright © 1986 by Roger MacBride Allen

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

A Baen Books Original

Baen Publishing Enterprises 260 Fifth Avenue New York, N.Y. 10001

First printing, September 1986

ISBN: 0-671-65584-1

Cover art by Alan Gutierrez

Printed in the United States of America

Distributed by SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE PUBLISHING GROUP 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, N.Y. 10020

Scanned and proofed by eBookMan version 1.0

Dedication

For Mom, who shared her love, taught me self-confidence, and gave me the world's greatest middle name.

Table of Contents

Cover

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE
 
January, 2115
 
A
board LPS
Venera

CHAPTER TWO
 
Aboard G.O.S.
Ariadne

CHAPTER THREE
 
June, 2115

Ariadne
On Approach to Outpost's Surface

CHAPTER FOUR
 
March, 2116
 
Navy Castle On The Planet Kennedy

CHAPTER FIVE
 
March, 2116
 
Guardian Contact Base on Surface of Outpost

CHAPTER SIX
 
April, 2116
 
The Planet Bandwidth

CHAPTER SEVEN
 
Chralray Village: the Current Nihilist Camp

CHAPTER EIGHT
 
Guardian Contact Base, Outpost

CHAPTER NINE
 
Guardian Contact Base, Outpost

CHAPTER TEN
 
The Planet Bandwidth

CHAPTER ELEVEN
 
Aboard
Ariadne

CHAPTER TWELVE
 
Aboard HMS
Impervious,
in Orbit of Britannica

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
 
Aboard
Impervious

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
 
Deep Space, Britannic Star System

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
 
Survey Service HQ on Columbia, Kennedy's Natural Satellite.

CHAPTER SIXTEEN
 
Survey Service Base, Columbia

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
 
Guardian Contact Base, Outpost

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
 
Survey Service Base, Columbia

CHAPTER NINETEEN

Aboard
Far Shore,
En Route to Columbia
Survey Service Base Comm Center

CHAPTER TWENTY
 
Ariadne

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
 
On Outpost, Eight Hundred Kilometers North of Guardian Contact Camp

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Nova Sol System Barycenter
Aboard G.O.S.
Ariadne

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
 
Outpost

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