Bandit LOAF
Long Live the Confederation!
I noticed a detail I’d never picked up on in Action Stations! The book is a prequel about the start of the Kilrathi war that’s strongly based on Pearl Harbor (and At Dawn We Slept in particular).
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The Kilrathi are preparing to attack Confed’s major base at McAuliffe. Earth dispatches orders to Vega to go on a war footing, but a series of random occurrences delay them from getting there until the battle is joined.
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/action_nancy3t.jpg)
The first of these is that the officer delivering the pouch to the courier ship misses the hand off as he’s trying to appease his angry date, Nancy.
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Chapters and more delays later the pouch finally arrives with Admiral Long at McAuliffe… who ignores it because his wife is furious over gossip regarding her friend… Nancy!
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/action_nancy6t.jpg)
So who is this woman who inadvertently doomed trillions to slavery and death? I have my suspicions.
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/action_nancy7t.jpg)
(For the record my mom is also named Nancy and she would betray Earth to help cats in a minute.)
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Original update published on July 22, 2024
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/action_nancy1t.jpg)
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/action_nancy2t.jpg)
The Kilrathi are preparing to attack Confed’s major base at McAuliffe. Earth dispatches orders to Vega to go on a war footing, but a series of random occurrences delay them from getting there until the battle is joined.
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/action_nancy3t.jpg)
The first of these is that the officer delivering the pouch to the courier ship misses the hand off as he’s trying to appease his angry date, Nancy.
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/action_nancy4t.jpg)
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/action_nancy5t.jpg)
Chapters and more delays later the pouch finally arrives with Admiral Long at McAuliffe… who ignores it because his wife is furious over gossip regarding her friend… Nancy!
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/action_nancy6t.jpg)
So who is this woman who inadvertently doomed trillions to slavery and death? I have my suspicions.
![](https://cdn.wcnews.com/newestshots/thumb/action_nancy7t.jpg)
(For the record my mom is also named Nancy and she would betray Earth to help cats in a minute.)
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Original update published on July 22, 2024