Earth Interstellar_Proxy War by Scott Olen Reid

Author:Scott Olen Reid [Reid, Scott Olen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Three Helmets Books
Published: 2018-02-23T06:00:00+00:00

The two human officers, Rool ambassadors, and an armed escort who were members of the Oaka’s crew went directly to the ambassador’s ship. Nothing was said as they walked until they reached the ship and Dek’s first officer was waiting at the airlock with a message. The Consortium had placed a hold on their departure.

“Have you identified any threats?” Ambassador Dek asked his number one.

“Other than two ships on the watch list, there are no indications of hostiles,” the officer replied at once, “Those ships are in the outer system outbound and are not known to have associations with the Chzek.”

“Very well. Make preparations for departure and connect me to Station Control,” Ambassador Dek said, leading the group onto the diplomatic ship.

The two humans waited on the observation bridge until Ambassador Cent entered and made the surprise announcement the Rheas with the Chzek at the hearing would be joining them for the voyage home. Spectra filed the Consortium’s equivalent of a writ of habeas corpus for the Rheas and claimed the alien was the victim of a kidnapping by the Chzek-kin and was being held against her will. The writ was granted after Spectra supported the request and the Chzek were ordered to deliver the Rheas to Ambassador Cent as he was the protector race’s representative, for transport back to her homeworld.

“Can we see her?” asked the admiral, wanting to gather information on its experiences in her time with the Chzek-kin.

Ambassador Cent shook his head before replying, “I have already spoken to her. She will be placed in isolation, as is required for a Level 1 race aboard a Rool ship, to prevent unintended exposure to advanced technology. Was there something specific you wanted to ask?”

“Yes, I would like to have a full debrief of her experience while held by the Chzek-kin. Can you do that?”

“The debrief will begin once she is transferred to my ship. Our rendezvous will be in three days.”

Commander Kree, who was listening closely, asked, “Are we not going back to Earth?”

“You are. Along with Ambassador Dek. My station will be at the Rheas Homeworld to supervise their transition into a vassal of Earth. Too much time has already passed and I expect there to be a number of problems needing to be addressed. I will be taking the Rheas with me to be debriefed and returned home. A complete report will be transmitted to the UEG.” Continuing with an expression of concern, the ambassador said, “It is also necessary to prevent the Rheas from entering Human space without complete knowledge of anything that may have been done to her by the Chzek that could aid them in locating Earth. Do you understand?”

“Is that why no human has ever traveled to a Vrene or Rool world?” asked the commander on a hunch.

“That is exactly why. The galaxy is vast, even for the most advanced of races. Keeping your homeworld hidden from detection is a race’s single greatest defense against attack.”

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