Betrayal by E Wayne Stucki

Author:E Wayne Stucki [Stucki, E Wayne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Fleet Admiral P’Mar sat on a perch in his Ready Room of the Raging and listened to Commander R’Gon making his report. Next to the Admiral on his own perch was the Run Point, S’Cinf. Although they had the perfect vantage point both Kthpok leaders ignored the large observation port which showed the spectacular view of the planet below. They were concentrating on what the Battle Officer was saying.

“For the most part the first stage of our operation was successful,” R’Gon announced. “We have confirmation the elimination of the Iidx Council of Queens as an entity has been accomplished.”

The Admiral nodded his approval. “Losing the Council should confuse the Iidx military long enough for us to complete our conquest,” he said in an aside to S’Cinf. “I understand that two Queens of the Council had been making a visit to a minor base in the middle of Main Hive’s largest desert.” His tail gave a humorous jerk as he said, “They were at Wartten; the base where Swarm Master Zelof was exiled by the Queens for questioning their decisions about us.”

P’Mar shrugged. “Unfortunately we weren’t able to destroy all the Iidx egg layers. Getting all of they at once would have made our task of eliminating the Iidx a little easier. We could just simply sit back and wait for the Bugs to die. But with the city and other Queens spread worldwide eliminating all of them in the first attack wasn’t feasible.”

The Admiral gave a hissing chuckle. “Of course,” he added, “with their defenses destroyed and military obliterated there’ll be no opposition. This will give us a chance to practice our hunting skills while we make the Iidx extinct.”

“That’s something my ancestors should’ve done with the humans when they were discovered,” growled S’Cinf.

P’Mar nodded his agreement then waved a hand at the officer who’d been waiting for the two leaders to finish. “Continue your report, Commander,” he said.

“Yes, Admiral,” he replied. After a glance at his pad R’Gon continued. “In addition to the building where the Queens were assembled other government facilities were destroyed. The object here was to prevent coordination of defenses. Power plants and supply centers were also targeted and major Iidx bases eliminated. Our drone fighters targeted secondary bases. Most targets were destroyed with minimal losses. Overall drone losses were thirty percent. There were no Kthpok casualties.”

He paused to scroll down then continued. “Two Iidx bases were better prepared than anticipated. The defenders of those bases were able to destroy the drone assault force while sustaining minimal damage.”

“Detail two Battleships to deal with those particular bases from orbit,” ordered P’Mar and S’Cinf nodded his approval. The Admiral waited for the commander to enter a note on his pad before continuing. “Now tell me about the ODP’s,” P’Mar ordered.

R’Gon took a moment to find the information the Admiral had requested. “All ODP’s have been neutralized, Admiral” he said. “We control the skies over Main Hive.”

P’Mar looked thoughtful for a moment then spoke again. “What were our losses?”

This time the Commander hesitated.

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