have made sure that you will not lose any influence amongst the other Dakars. But this system is nowhere near the development level of our other mining systems. It has great resources, but its infrastructure is nowhere near capable enough to support our future demands.”
“What about our obligations to the other clans? And what of the slaves?” Vit’r’an said.
“The clans that have standing orders have already been reimbursed from other systems, and the rest will come from what you have mined until now. We will load everything you have on hand into the five cargo ships, and I will leave five for you to fill before abandoning the system. And as for the slaves, the last five cargo ships have been modified to carry slaves. We will take all of your breeding groups, and some of the ones raised by us. With them and those we have back in the core we will have enough to breed a lot more.” Tig’r’an said.
“And what of the rest? Are we just going to leave them unsupervised?”
“Of course not.” Tig’r’an said barring his wicked teeth. “I have brought an Destra’ka for your ship.”
Vit’r’an looked at the wicked teeth of his sire, stunned and unable to find any words.
“Just the reaction I expected.” Tig’r’an said, snapping Vit’r’an out of his trance.
“Destra’ka? Have you gone mad? It hasn’t been used in a two thousand rotations, just the fact that you built another is enough for the other clans to turn against us should they find out.”
“They will not know. Destra’ka is undetectable unless you see it used, and our clan will be the only one in the system when you do so. Besides, there are many things that can cause the same effect as a Destra’ka. They will not have enough evidence to accuse us, assuming that any clan sends ships here afterwards.”
“As you wish sire.” Vit’r’an said, knowing that his opinion mattered little.
“Good. I leave as soon as we transfer the cargo, I will also take the other ships in the system. Only your flagship will remain with your transports and my cargo ships. You have a year to fill the ships with as much as you can and set for the core. Use the Destra’ka before you leave.” Tig’r’an ordered.
“Yes, Elder.”
Chapter Six
Four days later – Sedna
“My God. Look at that monstrosity.” Igor Akulov said, in the middle of the table was the hologram of the three ships that entered the system a few days ago. The entire leadership of the resistance was still at Sedna, they were still in the beginning fazes of the planning. And also until the fabricators built enough FTL comms for all of them, it was better for them to be close. The Ra’a’zani thankfully didn’t have the ability to detect the FTL comms, at least not that they were aware of. But Asumy also assured Jacob that even if they could detect it in space they would be unable to do so on Earth, too much interference.
“Did we have any idea that they had something like this?” Anissa asked the table.
Everyone around the table shook their head, including Jacob.
“We have never really managed to hack into their secured computers. Everything we know is from the unsecured ones and from what we managed to get by eavesdropping.” Jacob said.
“So what are we going to do now?” Oliver Eldritch asked.
“We need to warn Olympus. The odds are now turned against them. There is no way they can fight off eight ships with their ten, not when three of them are bigger than all of theirs combined.” Jennifer Williams said.
“Come now, let’s not be hasty. There is no need to alarm them just yet.” Akulov said.
“Alarm them!? Can you see the size of that thing?” Williams shouted.
“We don’t even know if those ships are meant for war.” Akulov responded.
“Oh c’mon! You can’t think that they are meant for anything else. I mean, look at them!” Williams said.
“Calm down, both of you!” Anissa shouted, before Akulov could open his mouth again.
“I
“What about our obligations to the other clans? And what of the slaves?” Vit’r’an said.
“The clans that have standing orders have already been reimbursed from other systems, and the rest will come from what you have mined until now. We will load everything you have on hand into the five cargo ships, and I will leave five for you to fill before abandoning the system. And as for the slaves, the last five cargo ships have been modified to carry slaves. We will take all of your breeding groups, and some of the ones raised by us. With them and those we have back in the core we will have enough to breed a lot more.” Tig’r’an said.
“And what of the rest? Are we just going to leave them unsupervised?”
“Of course not.” Tig’r’an said barring his wicked teeth. “I have brought an Destra’ka for your ship.”
Vit’r’an looked at the wicked teeth of his sire, stunned and unable to find any words.
“Just the reaction I expected.” Tig’r’an said, snapping Vit’r’an out of his trance.
“Destra’ka? Have you gone mad? It hasn’t been used in a two thousand rotations, just the fact that you built another is enough for the other clans to turn against us should they find out.”
“They will not know. Destra’ka is undetectable unless you see it used, and our clan will be the only one in the system when you do so. Besides, there are many things that can cause the same effect as a Destra’ka. They will not have enough evidence to accuse us, assuming that any clan sends ships here afterwards.”
“As you wish sire.” Vit’r’an said, knowing that his opinion mattered little.
“Good. I leave as soon as we transfer the cargo, I will also take the other ships in the system. Only your flagship will remain with your transports and my cargo ships. You have a year to fill the ships with as much as you can and set for the core. Use the Destra’ka before you leave.” Tig’r’an ordered.
“Yes, Elder.”
Chapter Six
Four days later – Sedna
“My God. Look at that monstrosity.” Igor Akulov said, in the middle of the table was the hologram of the three ships that entered the system a few days ago. The entire leadership of the resistance was still at Sedna, they were still in the beginning fazes of the planning. And also until the fabricators built enough FTL comms for all of them, it was better for them to be close. The Ra’a’zani thankfully didn’t have the ability to detect the FTL comms, at least not that they were aware of. But Asumy also assured Jacob that even if they could detect it in space they would be unable to do so on Earth, too much interference.
“Did we have any idea that they had something like this?” Anissa asked the table.
Everyone around the table shook their head, including Jacob.
“We have never really managed to hack into their secured computers. Everything we know is from the unsecured ones and from what we managed to get by eavesdropping.” Jacob said.
“So what are we going to do now?” Oliver Eldritch asked.
“We need to warn Olympus. The odds are now turned against them. There is no way they can fight off eight ships with their ten, not when three of them are bigger than all of theirs combined.” Jennifer Williams said.
“Come now, let’s not be hasty. There is no need to alarm them just yet.” Akulov said.
“Alarm them!? Can you see the size of that thing?” Williams shouted.
“We don’t even know if those ships are meant for war.” Akulov responded.
“Oh c’mon! You can’t think that they are meant for anything else. I mean, look at them!” Williams said.
“Calm down, both of you!” Anissa shouted, before Akulov could open his mouth again.
“I
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