Crisis On Centaurus by Brad Ferguson

Author:Brad Ferguson [Ferguson, Brad]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2012-07-13T17:36:33+00:00

Spock thought for a moment. Through the baffles in his pressure suit helmet, he could hear the tapping of keys to his left and right: Rawlings and Hudson, trying their own approaches. Rawlings would groan occasionally; Hudson seemed silently intent. Spock began typing again.

Define mission. Short form.

DEFEND PLANETARY NEIGHBORHOOD FROM APPROACH BY INVADING FORCES. NEIGHBORHOOD DEFINED AS ARBITRARY LINE DRAWN AT STANDARD ORBIT ALTITUDE TO AIR TRAFFIC CEILING.

Stop. Define defense policy. Short form.

DETECT INVADER. TARGET INVADER. COMMAND AND CONTROL GROUND-TO-SPACE MISSILES TO DETER INVASION. MAXIMUM EFFORT INDICATED.

Define maximum effort.

DESTRUCTION OF INVADING FORCES.

Define possibility of missing target on first launch.

ZERO. DESTRUCTION ASSURED.

State policy regarding friendly forces during invasion.

NO DATA.

List catalog of friendly forces.

NO DATA.

List current status.

WAR. INVASION IN PROGRESS.

Give nature of enemy.

NO DATA.

Give catalog of enemy forces.

ENEMY FORCES ARE DEFINED AS SPACECRAFT MEASURING ABOVE FIVE POINT SIX THREE CENTIMETERS FROM BOW TO STERN AND/OR EQUIPPED WITH WARP AND/OR IMPULSE DRIVE APPEARING IN NEIGHBORHOOD OF CENTAURUS AS PREVIOUSLY DEFINED.

List targets destroyed in current invasion. Short form.

LIST INCLUDES 39 CAPITAL SHIPS, 621 LANDING CRAFT, 157 CLOSE-ORBIT SATELLITES LAUNCHED BY ENEMY. MINOR OBJECTS NOT INCLUDED.

Stand by.

WAITING.

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