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Sire.”
“The Lovely Government tells me that they have destroyed all of our forces at their planet. Is this true?”
“Yes, Sire.”
“It was worth it if you managed to kill those two humans. Do you know if you were successful?”
“No, Sire. If they were in the city, I’m certain they died with the city.”
“It’s unfortunate our ships were overwhelmed by their forces but losses happen in wars. Continue to watch for the two humans but I think you managed to end the problem they represent.”
“Yes, Sire.” The display went dark and the Commander looked at the light on the self-destruct circuit. It was not illuminated. Evidently, the Lovely Fleet took full credit for the destruction of his ships. He knew better; the humans were still alive. He shook his head and looked down at his home planet. He sighed and said, “I’m going down to the surface. Contact me if you hear anything about the humans.”
The crew stared at the Commander and were astounded at the good fortune that followed him. No one was going to say anything about a strange ship helping the Lovely Warships. No one wanted to see the self-destruct circuit activate.
• • •
Grant remained in subspace above the planet where the large warship had arrived. He locked the coordinates in his helmet and jumped away.
Chapter Five
C inny waited on Ana and was worried sick about Grant. She looked at Whippet and saw him shaking his head. “What?”
“It looks like you won’t be eating at that restaurant again.” His comment shocked her and then it struck her as funny. Millions had died but she started laughing and then laughed even harder. Whippet shrugged, “I’m just saying. The Head Server shouldn’t have ordered carry out.”
Cinny lost it and then heard, “Ana, I’m back.”
Cinny immediately started crying tears of joy. Whippet watched her and wondered at the complexity of this species called human. Laughing at tragedy and crying at joy. Go figure. “Grant, thank the Creator you’re ok.”
“I followed the large warship to its home base, I think. There’s large ship building facilities on the surface and a large local population. How did the fight with the Yellow fleet go?”
“Between us and the Lovely ships, we destroyed them all.”
“Good; I’ll see you on board shortly.”
Grant entered the bridge and Ana said over the loudspeaker, “The Lovely Government has opened communications with all of the civilizations in this quadrant and is telling them that further cooperation with the Raiders should cease immediately. It appears many of them are in agreement with Lovely.”
Grant and Cinny stared at the ceiling and Whippet said, “Are they planning any action?”
“It does appear more than sixty of them have agreed to combine their fleets to confront any of them that enter this quadrant. More are joining as I speak.”
Grant smiled, “It appears there is now a safe area for us to use to plan our operations.”
Whippet shook his head, “I wouldn’t be so sure of that.”
“Why not?”
“The, what did you call them?”
“Raiders.”
“The Raiders have distributed millions of flyers saying the two of you are extremely dangerous. They may not turn you over to them but you can bank on them arresting you on sight.”
Cinny sighed, “I think he’s right. However, we can operate here and just avoid their warships. Whippet can go to the surface to purchase whatever supplies we need.”
Grant blew out a breath and nodded. Ana said, “I’ve done an analysis of that large yellow warship you followed and it appears that it can withstand our weapons for a short period of time.”
Cinny frowned, “How long?”
“If we launch multiple missiles and hit it with blasters for twenty seconds, its systems should fail. However, if there are more than one of them attacking, it wouldn’t be wise to linger.”
“Why?”
“I haven’t seen the weapons used on that ship but if it’s twice as powerful as their
“The Lovely Government tells me that they have destroyed all of our forces at their planet. Is this true?”
“Yes, Sire.”
“It was worth it if you managed to kill those two humans. Do you know if you were successful?”
“No, Sire. If they were in the city, I’m certain they died with the city.”
“It’s unfortunate our ships were overwhelmed by their forces but losses happen in wars. Continue to watch for the two humans but I think you managed to end the problem they represent.”
“Yes, Sire.” The display went dark and the Commander looked at the light on the self-destruct circuit. It was not illuminated. Evidently, the Lovely Fleet took full credit for the destruction of his ships. He knew better; the humans were still alive. He shook his head and looked down at his home planet. He sighed and said, “I’m going down to the surface. Contact me if you hear anything about the humans.”
The crew stared at the Commander and were astounded at the good fortune that followed him. No one was going to say anything about a strange ship helping the Lovely Warships. No one wanted to see the self-destruct circuit activate.
• • •
Grant remained in subspace above the planet where the large warship had arrived. He locked the coordinates in his helmet and jumped away.
Chapter Five
C inny waited on Ana and was worried sick about Grant. She looked at Whippet and saw him shaking his head. “What?”
“It looks like you won’t be eating at that restaurant again.” His comment shocked her and then it struck her as funny. Millions had died but she started laughing and then laughed even harder. Whippet shrugged, “I’m just saying. The Head Server shouldn’t have ordered carry out.”
Cinny lost it and then heard, “Ana, I’m back.”
Cinny immediately started crying tears of joy. Whippet watched her and wondered at the complexity of this species called human. Laughing at tragedy and crying at joy. Go figure. “Grant, thank the Creator you’re ok.”
“I followed the large warship to its home base, I think. There’s large ship building facilities on the surface and a large local population. How did the fight with the Yellow fleet go?”
“Between us and the Lovely ships, we destroyed them all.”
“Good; I’ll see you on board shortly.”
Grant entered the bridge and Ana said over the loudspeaker, “The Lovely Government has opened communications with all of the civilizations in this quadrant and is telling them that further cooperation with the Raiders should cease immediately. It appears many of them are in agreement with Lovely.”
Grant and Cinny stared at the ceiling and Whippet said, “Are they planning any action?”
“It does appear more than sixty of them have agreed to combine their fleets to confront any of them that enter this quadrant. More are joining as I speak.”
Grant smiled, “It appears there is now a safe area for us to use to plan our operations.”
Whippet shook his head, “I wouldn’t be so sure of that.”
“Why not?”
“The, what did you call them?”
“Raiders.”
“The Raiders have distributed millions of flyers saying the two of you are extremely dangerous. They may not turn you over to them but you can bank on them arresting you on sight.”
Cinny sighed, “I think he’s right. However, we can operate here and just avoid their warships. Whippet can go to the surface to purchase whatever supplies we need.”
Grant blew out a breath and nodded. Ana said, “I’ve done an analysis of that large yellow warship you followed and it appears that it can withstand our weapons for a short period of time.”
Cinny frowned, “How long?”
“If we launch multiple missiles and hit it with blasters for twenty seconds, its systems should fail. However, if there are more than one of them attacking, it wouldn’t be wise to linger.”
“Why?”
“I haven’t seen the weapons used on that ship but if it’s twice as powerful as their
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