AMP Armageddon by Stephen Arseneault

Author:Stephen Arseneault [Arseneault, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Publisher: Stephen Arseneault
Published: 2014-09-09T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The Emperor’s processors quieted to a normal level. Belon’s inhibited core quickly divulged that his brown dwarf complex was located in the Maffie 2 galaxy, a distance of just under ten million light-years, less than four minutes’ travel time with our newest wormhole generators on the destroyer.

I spoke. "York, prep your people. We are going in with everyone this time. I would bet the force surrounding the control room will be substantial."

York smiled. "I think I have a better solution, Sir. Instead of an assault, which, believe me, I am eager to take part in, why don’t we just jump this ship to that exact location and then blink in and out? The room would be gone in an instant. No shots fired."

I leaned my head back as I thought about the brilliance of the suggestion York had made.

I opened a comm channel to Frig. "Frig, York just gave us a better way to take out the Emperor. We just park this boat in the same space as his control room and then blink in and out. No fighting, no mess."

Frig replied, "I believe that to be a viable plan, Sir. I would suggest that we attempt a simultaneous move against the local Belon android using the Swift."

I turned back towards York with a smile. "Now we just need a way to coordinate those attacks. Frig, the old Human tech comm system—they had quantum duplex or something like that. Have you made any progress with building what’s needed to make use of it?"

Frig replied, "I have the necessary entangled quantum pairs to construct a single channel, Sir. Perhaps it is time we attempted to put it to use. Meet me in the Swift, Sir. I shall be there in a moment."

As I walked towards the Swift, a portal opened beside it and Frig stepped through.

I laughed as I approached. "OK, now you are just getting lazy. That walk down here only takes a minute. Keep that up, and you are going to end up with a bad case of pilot’s butt."

Frig shook his head. "Really, Sir? Just when I thought your intelligence might have risen, you bring it back down to its base. Inactivity is no longer a concern while I am wearing the BGS. The built-in muscular stimulus was a well-thought-out addition. We could literally go for months on end sitting in the exact same position with no adverse effects."

I replied as we stepped up into the Swift’s hold, "Yeah, I will have to admit that I never felt better. I mean, look at these cannons I now have for arms. I’m starting to think the Colonel may not be the only muscle-bound monster around here."

Frig spoke as I sat at the table beside Quan and Belon. "Wait right here, Sir, while I get the quantum comm set up."

I leaned back in the chair I had sat in and crossed my arms. "I am still blown away by the tech we had back then. We could have easily ruled our galaxy and as many others as we wanted, if we wanted.

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