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somewhere between ours and the Corps. Main guns are particle beam cannons, supported by secondary batteries of pulse turrets and mass drivers. Level three and four shield generators. Jump ratings ranging between three and five.”
Naero had held her breath.
Good. No ion cannons at least.
“Enemy fighters seem to be of three similar types: light, medium, and heavy. Capabilities, armaments, ordnance, and performance configurations extremely similar to the Tri ax Achilles-125D, E, and F variants.”
That both puzzled an d enraged Naero.
“These things have gotten a hold of Triax tek? Are we up again renegade landers?"
Surina shook her head.
"Negative. The enemy is humanoid, mammalian, and bipedal, but not human. I ’m having trouble getting a lock on their exact species. It may defy description for the time being.”
Zhen called out from her sensor array, scanning the colony.
“En, I think most of the fighting has ended on the surface. From what I can detect from this far away, half of the colonists are already dead from the initial battle. For some reason the enemy is already actively collecting all of the bodies in a very organized and efficient way.”
“Bodies? What do they want with the dead colonists?”
“I don’t know. Perhaps to use them as food? Or if our species is unique enough to them, they might be collecting them to study us. Learn our frailties and weaknesses. How to kill us better. Intel might do the same with the enemy bodies when this is done.”
“Enel, take us down there. We need to see what ’s happening up close. Surina, you said half of the colonists are still alive. What are they doing?”
"Using mining tactics. The few remaining fighters and the surviving civilians have barricaded themselves deep within a dense pocket of solid bedrock, inside the nearby mountains on the coast.”
“I see. Hoping to hold out until help arrives.”
“Most likely. But the colonists did not have time to cover their tracks. Scans show that they left behind some of the same plasma borers used to make their escape.”
“They probably didn ’t have time to destroy them all.”
“Well, the enemy is currently using the captured mining equipment to bore their way in to get at the survivors.”
The battlefield on site was a burning nightmare.
Several shattered and ruined geodesic bubble domes of the main colony. Completely wiped out.
A small starport with a few burning starships and freighters. Cluttered now with the bright red enemy vessels ringing the shattered colony and vomiting out waves of gravtanks, gunships, and armored troops.
Ruined, cooked-off enemy tanks and shot down enemy gunships. Still burning.
Dead enemy troops in combat and lighter assault armor and masked helmets. Something familiar about those suits and weapons. But as they slowly passed over, it was hard to take everything in.
Sadly, dead colonists too. By the dozens and then hundreds. Civilians of all types, ages, and descriptions. Cut down in waves as they ran.
“Most of these poor people were caught by surprise,” Naero said, feeling her blood begin to heat up.
“They were trying to flee to the safety of the mountain tunnels, but they didn’t have time to reach them. It all happened so fast, they didn’t know what hit them.”
Surina looked up at her. Zhen too.
“We’ve finished our initial survey of their tek and weapons,” Surina announced. “They’re well-organized, well-armed, and formidable. But our forces should be able to take them down.”
“Something else important to know about them,” Zhen added.
“What’s that, Zee?”
“I ’ve identified their species. They’re all Ejjai. Every one of them.”
Naero stared at her.
“Ejjai? Primative hyaenanoids in these numbers and this well-armed? With a fleet of hi-tek naval warships and all of this military gear?”
Zhen nodded. “Someone has given them some serious uplifting, and unleashed a new, extremely violent and opportunistic in vasive
Naero had held her breath.
Good. No ion cannons at least.
“Enemy fighters seem to be of three similar types: light, medium, and heavy. Capabilities, armaments, ordnance, and performance configurations extremely similar to the Tri ax Achilles-125D, E, and F variants.”
That both puzzled an d enraged Naero.
“These things have gotten a hold of Triax tek? Are we up again renegade landers?"
Surina shook her head.
"Negative. The enemy is humanoid, mammalian, and bipedal, but not human. I ’m having trouble getting a lock on their exact species. It may defy description for the time being.”
Zhen called out from her sensor array, scanning the colony.
“En, I think most of the fighting has ended on the surface. From what I can detect from this far away, half of the colonists are already dead from the initial battle. For some reason the enemy is already actively collecting all of the bodies in a very organized and efficient way.”
“Bodies? What do they want with the dead colonists?”
“I don’t know. Perhaps to use them as food? Or if our species is unique enough to them, they might be collecting them to study us. Learn our frailties and weaknesses. How to kill us better. Intel might do the same with the enemy bodies when this is done.”
“Enel, take us down there. We need to see what ’s happening up close. Surina, you said half of the colonists are still alive. What are they doing?”
"Using mining tactics. The few remaining fighters and the surviving civilians have barricaded themselves deep within a dense pocket of solid bedrock, inside the nearby mountains on the coast.”
“I see. Hoping to hold out until help arrives.”
“Most likely. But the colonists did not have time to cover their tracks. Scans show that they left behind some of the same plasma borers used to make their escape.”
“They probably didn ’t have time to destroy them all.”
“Well, the enemy is currently using the captured mining equipment to bore their way in to get at the survivors.”
The battlefield on site was a burning nightmare.
Several shattered and ruined geodesic bubble domes of the main colony. Completely wiped out.
A small starport with a few burning starships and freighters. Cluttered now with the bright red enemy vessels ringing the shattered colony and vomiting out waves of gravtanks, gunships, and armored troops.
Ruined, cooked-off enemy tanks and shot down enemy gunships. Still burning.
Dead enemy troops in combat and lighter assault armor and masked helmets. Something familiar about those suits and weapons. But as they slowly passed over, it was hard to take everything in.
Sadly, dead colonists too. By the dozens and then hundreds. Civilians of all types, ages, and descriptions. Cut down in waves as they ran.
“Most of these poor people were caught by surprise,” Naero said, feeling her blood begin to heat up.
“They were trying to flee to the safety of the mountain tunnels, but they didn’t have time to reach them. It all happened so fast, they didn’t know what hit them.”
Surina looked up at her. Zhen too.
“We’ve finished our initial survey of their tek and weapons,” Surina announced. “They’re well-organized, well-armed, and formidable. But our forces should be able to take them down.”
“Something else important to know about them,” Zhen added.
“What’s that, Zee?”
“I ’ve identified their species. They’re all Ejjai. Every one of them.”
Naero stared at her.
“Ejjai? Primative hyaenanoids in these numbers and this well-armed? With a fleet of hi-tek naval warships and all of this military gear?”
Zhen nodded. “Someone has given them some serious uplifting, and unleashed a new, extremely violent and opportunistic in vasive
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