Alien Empire by Anthony Gillis

Author:Anthony Gillis [Gillis, Anthony]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Sol Invictus Publishing Inc.
Published: 2014-12-09T16:00:00+00:00

32

The top floor suite of Republic Tower was two full stories high, with a sweeping balcony along the upper tier, widening over the bedrooms to a conference area. A panoramic view of the sprawling coastal Tadine city of Delta lay below.

In comfortable chairs around the conference table sat Karden, Tayyis, Neem, Jat, Viris and Harker. It was their first time all together since Karden’s beach house, in what seemed like another age of the world. They had fresh meals before them, and cool refreshing drinks.

Harker was expansive, “That was some amazing work there in Bacchara! What a fight. I’m no military man, but I think it was genius. Pulling in the Elder fighters like that, knocking out the bridge, then capturing that ship! You’re making me think we have a fighting chance.”

“It was a near thing,” said Karden, “we lost four hundred aircraft and a lot of good people on the ground trying to deal with one Warden Ship. There aren’t enough aircraft in the world to sustain those kinds of losses when the Elders come back.”

“That’s why we’re already ramping up!” replied Harker, “I’ve got almost every manufacturer in Tadine with the program now, and others overseas are starting to sign up. Lots more will come once you bunch, the heroes of the Battle of Bacchara, put in the right word.”

Heroes? Thought Karden. That was a strange way to put it. They’d done what they had to.

“There’s more!” continued Harker, “Wimier’s been getting the politicians in line. Drinen might be President of Tadine now, but Wimier’s the one people go to if they want to get things done.”

Then he paused, considered, looked at the others, and especially Karden. “But he needs your help, just like I do. You may have no idea how much weight your word carries now, but it does. Use it well.”

Tayyis joined in, “In fact, we’ve got the makings of an Elder language training school started, and with funding thanks to you Pavol, it should scale up quickly.”

“And my friends and I are getting information from our pirated galactic map and the computer systems of the Vigilant out on the nets as fast as Tayyis and her people can translate it!” added Viris.

Neem couldn’t restrain himself. “I’ve already got plans ready for the production models of our railguns, along with the first batch of lasers and I’ve got a team working on the prototype for the MSSA-2. If we can get them ramped up into production…”

“Be glad they were able to rescue Air Colonel Varen,” said Karden, “He’s Brigadier now, and with Sellis the new Air Marshal, I’ve heard he’s got another promotion in the works. You’ll want him for the training program, and more, when the next attack comes.”

“But the best part,” rejoined Neem, “is we’ve got lots of working examples of Elder technology to play with now. We can’t match everything they do, but the MSSA-2 will incorporate a lot of design improvements courtesy of the Elders.”

Jat cut in, “Energy shields are still a mystery.

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