COLOSSUS_Departure by Terry Frost

Author:Terry Frost [Frost, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-02-07T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

“You said there are a lot of aliens that are not so friendly that live in this arm of the galaxy. Can you tell us how many that is?” Petrov asked.

“My age is over 150 periods, and in my time I have come to know of seven worlds that aliens call home. But there is one more that Daakie has met many times, that I do not know where their homeworld is located, and those aliens are vicious killers known to us, and much more, as the Hive.

“Only our King Gaagin knows the history of the Hive. He has seen 346 periods and is the only one with total knowledge of the Hive. Maybe when I report to our gracious King that we have met you, considerate Humans, he will ask to meet your Admiral Allen, and then he can inquire about the Hive.”

“If you would be so kind to arrange that meeting, I know Admiral Allen would be honored to meet your gracious King Gaagin. Am I pronouncing his name correctly?”

“To say Gaagin is correct. To say Ga-agin, would be incorrect.”

“So pronouncing your name as Maalik is also correct?”

“That is correct, Petrov.”

“If I may, Jak said, “Supreme Emporer Nulashin had told our admiral that your military saved the Nawi from a Hive attack. After meeting the Nawi I couldn’t think of a single reason why the Hive would want to harm a peaceful alien race such as the Nawi.”

“Do Humans have insects on the world called Earth?”

Jeeves decided to answer the general’s question.

“Earth has some 900 thousand different kinds of living insects that are known, but some estimates say there may be as many as two million different species on our planet. The largest numbers of described species fall into four insect Orders: Coleoptera (beetles), Diptera (flies), Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps), and Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies).”

“Thank you for that detailed answer, Commodore Jeeves, but just telling Maalik that we do have insects would have answered his question,” Jak said.

“No, I appreciate details, Hammer. But the reason I asked, is that the Hive are insectoids. I believe their proper distinction would be very similar to what you call ants. King Gaagin has taught us in the military to engage them at every turn because he has learned they aren’t interested in any kind of dialogue. Their aim is to prey on any and every alien race they locate in this section of the galaxy. To them, the Nawi, Humans and Daakie are a food source for their hordes.”

“Insectoids or not, they are obviously an intelligent alien species with their ability to build and pilot spacecraft. You said no one has found their homeworld, but I wonder if they have satellite bases throughout this part of the galaxy arm?” Petrov asked.

“I’m somewhat convinced they don’t have any bases in the Burus System, but then again, we haven’t scouted all the moons and worlds in the Burus System, for it is quite large. I assume the population on board the Colossus has been finding out.

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