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shouted over the noise of constantly impacting artillery to his captain.
                  "Shields now, Captain!"
                  The shields came back online, and the artillery began to bounce away from the smoldering Hammer. The Remoran fleet showed no remorse as their mighty fleet began dumping entire payloads of missiles, rockets, gunfire, and artillery at the smoking bulk of the Hammer. They brought out their big guns—far too dangerous to unleash near the earth—enough to tear a planet asunder.
                  The soldiers on the elegant and decorated bridge of the Hammer looked on as the swarm of firepower was nearing them.
                  "Umm, sir?"
                  "FIRE EVERYTHING! GO!"
                  The Hammer's surface lit up in a marvelous display of light as almost every remaining orifice on the ship began releasing their salvos to combat the incoming swarm of artillery. Missiles, artillery, and gunfire collided with the tidal wave of weaponry that approached them.
     
                  The victorious soldiers on the Rayden and Minerva gazed up at the incredible display of firepower. General Wright looked on at what he called a firestorm in the sky.
     
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                  I jumped up at the glass and it was extremely hard to tell what was happening due to the massive cloud that was created by the millions of impacting units. Explosions halted in place by the Hammer's incredible firepower. The cloud began to clear and we saw that the Hammer had disappeared in the smoke. Arcoh had made the light jump, and due to the incredible speed at which they were now traveling, there was no possible way to catch them before they entered Salaran space.
                  Victoria looked on in fury and slammed her fists down on the railing above the lower deck of the bridge, where we gazed on at the incredible spectacle that had unfolded.
                  "No! The coward son of a bitch!"
                  I stared into the shallow depths of space. I was distraught at the fact that the monster had escaped. Virgil placed his hands on my shoulder expressing the disappointment we all had felt.
                  "There are only so many more places where he can hide, kid."
                  The captain of the ship ran up to Mark with a cheery disposition.
                  "Sir! Our forces report a sector-wide surrender of the remaining crusader fleet scattered across the two planets."
                  Mark laughed, relieved at last along with the other soldiers on the bridge. He saw how angry and consumed I was, and I suppose out of compassion he placed his hand on my shoulder. "Come, Collin. There is something I want to show you."
                  "Hope you don't mind lending me a shoulder to lean on. I can't really stand right now."
                  "No problem at all, my new friend. Here, let me lend you that shoulder."
                  I slung my arm along Mark's broad shoulders as I had with Virgil and he began to lead me up the stairs past the crew of the bridge. They were scurrying to attend with the battle-damage assessments. We made our way through the bridge and down the white corridor. The corridor winded around in an elongated quarter circle. I looked at the many soldiers dressed in white as they scurried around the halls saluting Mark as we passed them by.
                  "Why are you here? Remorans have not been seen in half a millennia. Why now?"
                  He was puzzled by my question; perhaps he had expected gratitude for putting such a swift end to the crusaders' campaign. "We are to embark on a great expedition here very shortly, Collin, and we decided to make these worlds our first stop."
                  "You plan on liberating Eden?"
                  "Not