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species on our galaxy.”
Naero took several long minutes to accept that fact. Who would be stupid enough to do something so reckless? Then she focused on computing and conceptualizing an attack strategy for her fleet that should effectively neutralize the current threat, both in space and onworld.
She beamed the plans secretly to her fleet, and they relayed them to Intel.
In less than a standard hour, the Ejjai invaders would be on the receiving end.
The n they wouldn’t know what hit them.
Let them see what it was like to engage a true paramilitary force that was a match for them, and not just slaughter helpless colonists.
But the problem was waiting for her forces to arrive.
Currently, she only had one small ship, and less than two dozen crew –against an entire alien invasion force.
Surina put something up on the main view screen.
“Captain, you’d better take a look at this.”
Everyone saw a strange, block-like ship, unlike any of the other warships. Like a red flattened cube, but with several armored hatches and loading bays flung open in various directions.
Even weirder, the Ejjai bustled up and down the ramps like planetary army ants, carrying in and loading up the dead bodies of the colonists, and even their own dead, and piling them into the cube.
“What the hell kind of ship is that?” Naero asked. “What are they doing? And what is that red dome-like structure behind it?”
Both structures were unlike anything they had yet encountered among the invaders.
“They are in fact both starships, of some kind of specialized purpose,” Surina said. “Doctor, I’ll scan the cube. You scan the dome. Let’s see what they’re doing inside.”
“I ’m on it,” Zhen said, staring at her sensor array intently. “Note that there is another cube, and another dome exactly like these, landing where the enemy is using the mining plasma borers to get at the remaining colonists.”
Naero brought her eyes down to slits.
None of that sounded good.
“Bloody hell,” Surina exclaimed.
At the same time, Zhen gasped and put her hand to her mouth.
“What are those strange ships?” Naero demanded.
Surina turned about, her own face very pale. “Captain. The cube vessel is a fully automated, robotic meat-processing plant.”
Naero ’s mouth fell open briefly. She checked the screen.
The Ejjai flung everything into the meatship. Including those on both sides that were only wounded, and still alive.
Until the automated processors ripped and sliced them apart, and processed them into stored units of future food rations for the Ejjai shock troops. “They’re going to process all the colonists into food units,” Naero said.
Zhen attempted to chime in. “Naero, it gets worse. I ’ve figure out what the dome ships are. The enemy is–”
“Tell me later, Zee,” Naero said, cutting her off. “These meatships are bad enough. Prepare all batteries to open fire on my mark. We ’re taking these things out right here and now. That dome ship too.”
Enel protested. “You can ’t do that, Captain. You’ll give away our position. Our forces aren’t here yet.”
“We ’ll be sitting ducks!” Tarim said.
Surina suddenly looked even more fearful. Her eyes as big as ship portals. Her white face grew even paler.
“Captain, the enemy will break in on the trapped colonists in the mountain tunnels very soon. What do we do?”
9
Naero ’s ship only possessed twelve suits of stealth armor. Combat armor with personal cloaking devices built in.
Enough to field one complete fire team.
Using the stealth suits, Naero and Tarim commanded their team to leave the ship on gravwings and plant mines and demolition charges all over the enemy meatship and the dome behind it.
The rest of the crew remained on board the cloaked flagship, ready for anything.
Once they finished planting the charges here, they would go over to the other cube and dome by the mountains and repeat the
Naero took several long minutes to accept that fact. Who would be stupid enough to do something so reckless? Then she focused on computing and conceptualizing an attack strategy for her fleet that should effectively neutralize the current threat, both in space and onworld.
She beamed the plans secretly to her fleet, and they relayed them to Intel.
In less than a standard hour, the Ejjai invaders would be on the receiving end.
The n they wouldn’t know what hit them.
Let them see what it was like to engage a true paramilitary force that was a match for them, and not just slaughter helpless colonists.
But the problem was waiting for her forces to arrive.
Currently, she only had one small ship, and less than two dozen crew –against an entire alien invasion force.
Surina put something up on the main view screen.
“Captain, you’d better take a look at this.”
Everyone saw a strange, block-like ship, unlike any of the other warships. Like a red flattened cube, but with several armored hatches and loading bays flung open in various directions.
Even weirder, the Ejjai bustled up and down the ramps like planetary army ants, carrying in and loading up the dead bodies of the colonists, and even their own dead, and piling them into the cube.
“What the hell kind of ship is that?” Naero asked. “What are they doing? And what is that red dome-like structure behind it?”
Both structures were unlike anything they had yet encountered among the invaders.
“They are in fact both starships, of some kind of specialized purpose,” Surina said. “Doctor, I’ll scan the cube. You scan the dome. Let’s see what they’re doing inside.”
“I ’m on it,” Zhen said, staring at her sensor array intently. “Note that there is another cube, and another dome exactly like these, landing where the enemy is using the mining plasma borers to get at the remaining colonists.”
Naero brought her eyes down to slits.
None of that sounded good.
“Bloody hell,” Surina exclaimed.
At the same time, Zhen gasped and put her hand to her mouth.
“What are those strange ships?” Naero demanded.
Surina turned about, her own face very pale. “Captain. The cube vessel is a fully automated, robotic meat-processing plant.”
Naero ’s mouth fell open briefly. She checked the screen.
The Ejjai flung everything into the meatship. Including those on both sides that were only wounded, and still alive.
Until the automated processors ripped and sliced them apart, and processed them into stored units of future food rations for the Ejjai shock troops. “They’re going to process all the colonists into food units,” Naero said.
Zhen attempted to chime in. “Naero, it gets worse. I ’ve figure out what the dome ships are. The enemy is–”
“Tell me later, Zee,” Naero said, cutting her off. “These meatships are bad enough. Prepare all batteries to open fire on my mark. We ’re taking these things out right here and now. That dome ship too.”
Enel protested. “You can ’t do that, Captain. You’ll give away our position. Our forces aren’t here yet.”
“We ’ll be sitting ducks!” Tarim said.
Surina suddenly looked even more fearful. Her eyes as big as ship portals. Her white face grew even paler.
“Captain, the enemy will break in on the trapped colonists in the mountain tunnels very soon. What do we do?”
9
Naero ’s ship only possessed twelve suits of stealth armor. Combat armor with personal cloaking devices built in.
Enough to field one complete fire team.
Using the stealth suits, Naero and Tarim commanded their team to leave the ship on gravwings and plant mines and demolition charges all over the enemy meatship and the dome behind it.
The rest of the crew remained on board the cloaked flagship, ready for anything.
Once they finished planting the charges here, they would go over to the other cube and dome by the mountains and repeat the
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