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He turned his attention to the main plot. The green icons of twelve ships gleamed upon it now. In addition to Hexapuma 's own, there were two other heavy cruisers— Warlock and Vigilant -and three light cruisers— Gallant and Audacious , both sisters of his dead Defiant , and Aegis , one of the new Avalon -class ships, almost as modern as Hexapuma . That was the core of "his" squadron's combat power, but they were supported by four destroyers— Javelin and Janissary , both relatively modern, and the ancient (though neither of them was really any older than Warlock ) Rondeau and Aria . The ten warships were accompanied by the dispatch boat he'd impressed from its assignment to the Montanan government and by HMS Volcano .
He let his attention linger on Volcano 's light code for a moment, then laid his forearms precisely along the armrests of his command chair and rotated it to face Lieutenant Commander Wright.
"All right, Tobias," he said, his voice calm, unshadowed by any trace of uncertainty. "Take us out of here."