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Authors: John P. Gledhill
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so-called stupidity. This was the officer who was in charge of fleet security and should have noticed the oncoming ESG attack.
Tannacha’s rage only grew worse as reports of the losses on Earth started to flood in. Still under the delusion that the ESG attack on his flagship must have come from Earth, he ordered two waves of assault craft to Earth on a search and destroy mission, a total of a hundred craft.
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Balac had now got the other troop transport in his sights. It had changed course with its escort and started heading back to the Annunaki fleet which was orbiting the Earth.
The strategy was the same from the TAG craft, apart from now targeting the weakness on the bridge of the troop transport. As all eighteen vessels let loose a horrendous volley of pulse weapons at the bridge area of the troop transport, the whole front section of the troop transport crumbled under a ball of fire to become a flaming inferno. The troop transport fell back on itself and plummeted to Earth, breaking up into a million pieces as it hit the Georgia landscape.
Two of Balac’s TAG pilots were in trouble. Three Annunaki assault ships were chasing them down, while the other three escort craft had retired from the fray and were heading back to the relative safety of their orbiting fleet.
Balac immediately set off in pursuit of the Annunaki vessels which were threatening his attack craft. As he closed in on the first Annunaki craft, the TAG craft it was pursuing appeared to tumble in the air and burst into flames. Balac continued to bear down on the Annunaki craft and opened fire. The Annunaki pilot never knew what had hit him. What had been a short-lived celebration of a kill now became his funeral pyre. The blazing Annunaki craft smashed into the ground without being able to try so much as an evasive manoeuvre.
Balac now turned his attention to the two remaining Annunaki vessels. They were chasing down a TAG pilot who was bravely outmanoeuvring them at every turn, even though he was clearly under severe pressure. Balac slipped in behind the trailing Annunaki craft and opened up with his pulse weapons, landing a glancing blow just to the left-hand side of the pilot. The Annunaki pilot watched in horror as his console went dead in front of his eyes. He tried desperately to steer the craft with his limp, lifeless controls, but nothing was working.
Seizing his opportunity, Balac fired a volley directly at the disabled craft. The outcome was inevitable. The Annunaki vessel disintegrated before his eyes. Balac turned to the right just as the other Annunaki ship was breaking off its pursuit of the TAG craft. It bolted directly upwards at tremendous velocity, its destination the safety of the orbiting Annunaki fleet.
Balac signalled for the wing, now seventeen ships, to return to Sub Sea One. At full speed they took off, flying as low as possible to reduce the risk of detection, over Idaho, then Oregon, passing just above Salem and onto Rabbit Rock and into the blue Pacific waters where they were now invisible.
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18
Verton had received new orders from Tannacha. He was to join up with the group of a hundred assault vessels, take command and resume the search-and-destroy mission.
Verton and what was left of his wing burst through the choppy Atlantic waves and set off to join up with the main Annunaki group. With Verton and his wing slipping into formation with the group, this was now a sizeable task force, one hundred and thirty-one Assault craft in all, and a major responsibility for Verton. After all, he knew well enough what Tannacha did to failures.
The formation was spectacular. Verton’s ship was right at the front, followed closely by four section leaders’ vessels, two either side and trailing him, thus creating a V-shape. Following them were seven sections of eighteen ships each, in V formations, creating the wider effect of a giant diamond. They travelled
Tannacha’s rage only grew worse as reports of the losses on Earth started to flood in. Still under the delusion that the ESG attack on his flagship must have come from Earth, he ordered two waves of assault craft to Earth on a search and destroy mission, a total of a hundred craft.
**
Balac had now got the other troop transport in his sights. It had changed course with its escort and started heading back to the Annunaki fleet which was orbiting the Earth.
The strategy was the same from the TAG craft, apart from now targeting the weakness on the bridge of the troop transport. As all eighteen vessels let loose a horrendous volley of pulse weapons at the bridge area of the troop transport, the whole front section of the troop transport crumbled under a ball of fire to become a flaming inferno. The troop transport fell back on itself and plummeted to Earth, breaking up into a million pieces as it hit the Georgia landscape.
Two of Balac’s TAG pilots were in trouble. Three Annunaki assault ships were chasing them down, while the other three escort craft had retired from the fray and were heading back to the relative safety of their orbiting fleet.
Balac immediately set off in pursuit of the Annunaki vessels which were threatening his attack craft. As he closed in on the first Annunaki craft, the TAG craft it was pursuing appeared to tumble in the air and burst into flames. Balac continued to bear down on the Annunaki craft and opened fire. The Annunaki pilot never knew what had hit him. What had been a short-lived celebration of a kill now became his funeral pyre. The blazing Annunaki craft smashed into the ground without being able to try so much as an evasive manoeuvre.
Balac now turned his attention to the two remaining Annunaki vessels. They were chasing down a TAG pilot who was bravely outmanoeuvring them at every turn, even though he was clearly under severe pressure. Balac slipped in behind the trailing Annunaki craft and opened up with his pulse weapons, landing a glancing blow just to the left-hand side of the pilot. The Annunaki pilot watched in horror as his console went dead in front of his eyes. He tried desperately to steer the craft with his limp, lifeless controls, but nothing was working.
Seizing his opportunity, Balac fired a volley directly at the disabled craft. The outcome was inevitable. The Annunaki vessel disintegrated before his eyes. Balac turned to the right just as the other Annunaki ship was breaking off its pursuit of the TAG craft. It bolted directly upwards at tremendous velocity, its destination the safety of the orbiting Annunaki fleet.
Balac signalled for the wing, now seventeen ships, to return to Sub Sea One. At full speed they took off, flying as low as possible to reduce the risk of detection, over Idaho, then Oregon, passing just above Salem and onto Rabbit Rock and into the blue Pacific waters where they were now invisible.
**
18
Verton had received new orders from Tannacha. He was to join up with the group of a hundred assault vessels, take command and resume the search-and-destroy mission.
Verton and what was left of his wing burst through the choppy Atlantic waves and set off to join up with the main Annunaki group. With Verton and his wing slipping into formation with the group, this was now a sizeable task force, one hundred and thirty-one Assault craft in all, and a major responsibility for Verton. After all, he knew well enough what Tannacha did to failures.
The formation was spectacular. Verton’s ship was right at the front, followed closely by four section leaders’ vessels, two either side and trailing him, thus creating a V-shape. Following them were seven sections of eighteen ships each, in V formations, creating the wider effect of a giant diamond. They travelled
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