Jace stirred awake in the bed. He pushed the warm body of the communication officer off of his body. She moaned as she was moved off of him. He stood up and pulled on a pair of underwear. Then he walked to the door as someone slammed their fist on the door again.
The door slid open after he pressed a button on the wall interface. The door slid open to reveal Captain Arthur who flinched in surprise at the sight of Jace. "Umm… we are entering the system that Anvil is located in in an hour. I wanted to come wake you up prior to our arrival."
They had been with the Judas for a week since leaving Union custody. After half a day they had received an encrypted response from the Anvil. Then they were rerouting to an unexplored and unclaimed system of space which only bordered the Vexical Empire and the Oda Empire.
