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The narrative highlights the ship’s scale and systems, from fusion reactors and artillery to defensive plasma shielding, while introducing key figures responsible for construction and command. Through technical detail and shipyard logistics, the story establishes readiness, hierarchy, and the operational rhythm leading into upcoming tests, framed by dedication and acknowledgments to supporters and readers.","Pike’s Progress  \nJohn J. Spearman  \nCopyright © 2022 John J. Spearman  \nAll rights reserved.  \nISBN: 9798809114134  \nDEDICATION  \nTo Joe Piacquad, the dearest friend one could ever have, who first encouraged me to write. To Alicia, my wife and my strength, who challenged me to pursue it further. To Hugh Ryan, a loyal reader, and Martin Roy Hill, my editor and a gifted author himself, for their assistance, not the least of which is moral support. Finally, to you, the reader. You are the reason I do this.  \nOTHER BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR  \nThe Halberd Series  \nGallantry inAction  \nIn Harm’s Way  \nTrue Allegiance  \nSurrender Demand  \nThe Pike Series  \nPike’s Potential  \nPike’s Passage  \nThe FitzDuncan Series  \nFitzDuncan  \nFitzDuncan’s Alchemy  \nFitzDuncan’s Enlightenment  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nDear Reader,  \nYou are the purpose of this and all my books. Thank you for reading. If you like what you have read, please leave a positive review [on Amazon.com](on Amazon.com) or [goodreads.com. If you did not](goodreads.com. If you did not) like it, I’m sorry.  \nIf you would like to stay abreast of my latest activity, please visit my website:  \n[johnjspearmanauthor.com](johnjspearmanauthor.com)  \n1  \nLed by Sally Danforth, the construction superintendent, Sandy Pike received his first look inside his new ship. With her commissioning date approaching, the PAS Audacious was the first superdreadnought built by the Planetary Alliance since the Percival was completed eighteen years earlier.  \nWhen he went to the yard, he only hoped to be able to look at her through aviewscreen, but now Danforth was willing to give him a guided tour.“I’m not interrupting you from anything?” Sandy asked.  \n“Things are running slightly ahead of schedule,” she commented.“That’s a minor miracle of its own. This close to completion,‘management by walking around’ is pretty much all I can do,” she replied.“It’s only three weeks until she starts trials. I need to get you a helmet before we can board, though. Wait here a minute.”  \nSandy stood, looking at the viewscreen, drinking in the sight. Audacious was huge: 853 meters long. At her widest points, her beam was 192 meters and her height was 160 meters. She would have a crew of 557 and would carry a full company of Alliance marines, including a heavy weapons platoon.  \nDespite the ship’s vast bulk, her profile was sleek. Clad in a ceramicalloy laminate, she would appear a gleaming light beige color if seen in a normal light spectrum. Here in the shipyard, only portions of the hull were lit externally. The viewscreen compensated for that, displaying the entire ship but in a uniform gray color. She mounted twelve 255mm photon cannons. There were three double mount turrets on the dorsal and ventral spines of the ship.  \nPowering all this were six fusion reactors in three pairs at the stern of the ship. The reactors powered the drives, the artillery, the defensive plasma shielding, and all other ship functions. Since the last of the class was built eighteen years before, some advances were made in technology and incorporated into the new design. The Audacious was more powerful than its two predecessors and more durable.  \nDanforth returned with a yellow helmet and waited for Sandy to put it on. The inside of the helmet adjusted itself automatically to fit his head. She led him through the umbilical gangway into the ship.  \n“Where would you like to start?” she asked.  \n“At the stern, then work our way forward,” he requested.  \nDanforth led him to a set of doors. She pressed a button and the doors opened to a small cubicle.“We call this the tube,” she said. “Not a very original name, I know. It’s a feature that Mayfield and Percival don’t have. This compartment can travel through a network of passages forward andaft, and also up and down between the six decks of the ship, so it’s an  \nelevator that can also move sideways. 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