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happen, I will have your head. Someone get emergency lighting up NOW.”
The big monitor suddenly came to life while the rest of the bridge remained dark. “Ahh there you are Captain I have been waiting a long time for you. I was hoping you would have gotten here sooner.” There was someone on the screen that Cole didn’t recognize but obviously the Captain did. Because he was frozen in place with a look of incredulity on his face. “Now, now Captain don’t be so shocked. I was off planet when the attack happened and like you, I chose to keep a low profile and not use any funds or resources that could be traced to me. Unfortunately, I have been stuck on my yacht since that day and was woefully unprepared for an extended trip. If you would please send some crew down to the airlock and prepare for my arrival, I would much appreciate it.” With that the screen went dark. The power suddenly came back on all over the ship.
Quiet fell on the deck for a few seconds. “Do as he ordered, send a party to,” he looked at a tactical plot and grumbled, “both airlocks. He is stealthed, so I don’t know which one he’ll be at. Remove these two,” he pointed at Cole and Sky, “from the bridge. Put them into the forward holding cell with two guards on the door inside and two outside, and place men at the ends of the hallway. I will be awaiting the Admiral’s pleasure in my cabin.”
9
The door slid open and in walked someone Feng thought had been dead until about twenty minutes ago. “Admiral Nasser Sir, what an unexpected surprise. We had feared you were caught in the attack and had died. We had used all resources available to attempt to find out what had happened, but were unable to.” Feng said with a salute.
“I understand completely Captain, and I must apologize myself for hitting you with the override code. I wasn’t sure that you were still in command here and had to make sure it wasn’t a trap for me,” the Admiral said as he walked inside the Captain’s cabin. “I, of course, will remain in my own ship tethered to this one but I require some supplies to be transferred over immediately, and some crew as well. As our food supplies dwindled I had to regrettably sacrifice certain nonessential personnel. So I require a few replacements. Now as to our current status, I have been out of the loop for a while and would like to have an update to our progress on the human and any information regarding the status on our overall organization’s handling of the attack. Start, I think, with the organization and save the human for last.”
“As you know Sir, Sector 1’s capitol planet took a huge hit. One hundred percent loss of life on the surface and up to one hundred feet below ground. All orbital infrastructure and all buildings and personnel on all five moons were also destroyed. Some reports from ships who had time to flee the attack reported seeing Esii insertion ships head planet side before the attack started. The Roche started the attack on the orbitals and moons giving the Esii the time they needed to get whatever they were there looking for. Shortly after they hit high orbit of the planet, the Roche started bombardment of the surface while the Esii shot down any ships trying to flee the surface of the planet. They left a message behind Sir. Warning off all who work with humans or their technology, so I assumed that the attack was directed against you and the organization, so I took necessary steps to avoid notice. They must have hit the organization in multiple places because none of my emergency contacts have returned my messages or made contact. Sir, as far as I know we may be all that is left. I have avoided drawing funds from any of our accounts and have been jumping a few times everyday to avoid any pursuit. I’m afraid that’s all the information I have on your business Sir. We were unfortunately also unable
The big monitor suddenly came to life while the rest of the bridge remained dark. “Ahh there you are Captain I have been waiting a long time for you. I was hoping you would have gotten here sooner.” There was someone on the screen that Cole didn’t recognize but obviously the Captain did. Because he was frozen in place with a look of incredulity on his face. “Now, now Captain don’t be so shocked. I was off planet when the attack happened and like you, I chose to keep a low profile and not use any funds or resources that could be traced to me. Unfortunately, I have been stuck on my yacht since that day and was woefully unprepared for an extended trip. If you would please send some crew down to the airlock and prepare for my arrival, I would much appreciate it.” With that the screen went dark. The power suddenly came back on all over the ship.
Quiet fell on the deck for a few seconds. “Do as he ordered, send a party to,” he looked at a tactical plot and grumbled, “both airlocks. He is stealthed, so I don’t know which one he’ll be at. Remove these two,” he pointed at Cole and Sky, “from the bridge. Put them into the forward holding cell with two guards on the door inside and two outside, and place men at the ends of the hallway. I will be awaiting the Admiral’s pleasure in my cabin.”
9
The door slid open and in walked someone Feng thought had been dead until about twenty minutes ago. “Admiral Nasser Sir, what an unexpected surprise. We had feared you were caught in the attack and had died. We had used all resources available to attempt to find out what had happened, but were unable to.” Feng said with a salute.
“I understand completely Captain, and I must apologize myself for hitting you with the override code. I wasn’t sure that you were still in command here and had to make sure it wasn’t a trap for me,” the Admiral said as he walked inside the Captain’s cabin. “I, of course, will remain in my own ship tethered to this one but I require some supplies to be transferred over immediately, and some crew as well. As our food supplies dwindled I had to regrettably sacrifice certain nonessential personnel. So I require a few replacements. Now as to our current status, I have been out of the loop for a while and would like to have an update to our progress on the human and any information regarding the status on our overall organization’s handling of the attack. Start, I think, with the organization and save the human for last.”
“As you know Sir, Sector 1’s capitol planet took a huge hit. One hundred percent loss of life on the surface and up to one hundred feet below ground. All orbital infrastructure and all buildings and personnel on all five moons were also destroyed. Some reports from ships who had time to flee the attack reported seeing Esii insertion ships head planet side before the attack started. The Roche started the attack on the orbitals and moons giving the Esii the time they needed to get whatever they were there looking for. Shortly after they hit high orbit of the planet, the Roche started bombardment of the surface while the Esii shot down any ships trying to flee the surface of the planet. They left a message behind Sir. Warning off all who work with humans or their technology, so I assumed that the attack was directed against you and the organization, so I took necessary steps to avoid notice. They must have hit the organization in multiple places because none of my emergency contacts have returned my messages or made contact. Sir, as far as I know we may be all that is left. I have avoided drawing funds from any of our accounts and have been jumping a few times everyday to avoid any pursuit. I’m afraid that’s all the information I have on your business Sir. We were unfortunately also unable
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