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home; she forced herself to control her anger. Nothing remained of the home but a large cloud of dust that had begun to fan out into a belt orbiting the distant star. How did the Monsters do this? They didn’t possess the means of destroying a planet. Suddenly, she saw the small Queen’s view turn and look at a small strange looking metal ship that suddenly appeared close by. The strange ship fired a beam and she saw no more from her daughter.
    • • •
    The Queen remained calm and thought about what she had seen. She replayed the recent conversations with her deceased daughter and focused on a being that was with the Monsters at the last confrontation. There was only one of them with the Monsters and it was incredibly small compared to them. That being must be the one that built the ship that fired on her probe and killed her daughter’s home. She brought the image into clarity and sent it to the Male, “A new enemy has joined the Monsters. It must be this new enemy that destroyed my daughter’s home. I will notify all my daughters about it. In the meanwhile, you must locate this enemy and find a way to eliminate it.”
    The huge Male Weg focused on the image and left the chamber.
    • • •
    Adams looked at Jeanette, “You were right.”
    “These creatures must have a way to communicate across the stars. When the communication stopped, they had to come and see why.”
    “What do you think about this new war we’re getting into?”
    Jeanette sighed and looked at Adams, “Your suggested retirement now looks better. This is a war the youngsters will have to win. I’m tired to my soul of all the killing.”
    Adams slowly nodded and put his arm around his wife, “Who do we transfer our ship to?”
    “You know the answer to that.”
    “If the two of you are leaving, Josh and Prissy should be my new masters.”
    Jeanette nodded, “Even Tuffy sees it. I’m worried that Josh and Prissy have more bravery than good sense. They might rush in when running would be the best option.”
    “They’re going to be that way with or without a Q ship. At least it would increase their odds of survival.”
    Adams nodded, “I’ll notify Alex and get Prissy on board to start the imprinting process. Josh can do it later.”
    “That would be good.”
    • • •
    Josh was on board Rumel’s Flagship and listened as the huge Gracken explained how the Weg invaded a planet. “The ship the Weg use to launch a Queen into space is a unique creation. It is impervious to most blasters and can withstand an incredible amount of heat. It takes numerous blaster hits to destroy it.”
    Josh’s eyes narrowed, “Are you saying your warships can’t shoot them down?”
    “No, I’m not; but it takes more than one ship and they come in at an incredible speed. You would think the ship would burn up in the atmosphere but the heat of entry actually helps the Weg’s ship penetrate the planet’s surface.”
    Josh watched the video of a Weg ship hitting a planet and winced when it hit, “You mean to tell me they crash into the surface and survive the impact?”
    Rumel nodded, “Our scientists have no way to explain how that happens. However, the crater from the impact is much smaller than it should be with an object that big hitting at that speed.” Rumel looked up from the video, “I think it could be compared to an armor piercing round we once used, it goes in small.”
    Josh nodded, “Yes, but then it expands.”
    “It appears their ship does not.”
    “Couldn’t you fire a weapon into the channel it creates?”
    Rumel shook his head, “That’s the strange thing. The ship blows through to more than two miles into the planet’s surface at an incredible speed and the channel it creates is closed up behind it as it penetrates. Evidently, the ship is shaped such that the rear of the ship collapses the tunnel as they move through it.”
    Josh stared at the image on the monitor showing the Weg Ship two miles underground. “What