Exodus: Empires at War: Book 14: Rebellion. by Doug Dandridge

Author:Doug Dandridge [Dandridge, Doug]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Catbrother Publishing
Published: 2018-08-19T22:00:00+00:00

JUNE 15TH, 1004. PLANETS KALLFER AND JEWEL.

“They are definitely moving everything of importance off the surface of the planet, Admiral,” said the alien on the holo. Its lips were not moving in sync with the words, and it was obvious that it was speaking some alien tongue, translated into English.

Ekaterina would have preferred to speak with Striped Wolf, a Maurid she knew and trusted, and one who had a command of Terranglo better than most of the aliens born in the Empire. That Maurid was out leading the resistance cell in his locality on Kallfer, and would not leave that mission for something as unimportant as liaising with his allies.

“What about the facilities in orbit?”

“We think they are doing the same up there, taking the machinery out and leaving the empty structures in orbit. They might be adding something, but we have no way of knowing, since we have no one in orbit.”

“Have the Maurid crews coming back down said anything,” asked Sergiov, her stomach fluttering as she saw an expression flash across the alien face. Even on another species it was hard to miss the look of rage.

“They are not coming back down. The bastards have spaced all of our people. Why bother using shuttles that could be bringing more of their troops to the surface on people they are planning on killing anyway. This way they get rid of our people quickly and easily.”

“I’m, sorry. We are doing everything we can do to get to you.”

“I know,” said the alien, whose code name was Dark Shadow. “And we realize that the masters are setting a trap for you. We don’t expect you to thrust your heads into a trap. It will do the war effort no good for you to just die alongside us.”

The tones and inflections of the alien were not coming through the translation program. With some more input, over time, those would start to be added in. But right now it was just asking for confusion to include it. Still, the chief spy of the Empire could read the face of the alien. It was something she was good at, a skill that had served her well when she had been a mere agent on the frontier. The alien was afraid, something that he would be ashamed of if he knew the outsider he was speaking to could read him so easily. Ekaterina was enough of a diplomat to make no reference to that feeling in her reply.

“We will be there. I wish we could be there sooner, but believe that we will be coming. And we will find a way to defeat those slow thinking big bastards without sacrificing your people or your world.”

“Striped Wolf believes in you, and since he is my brother, I also believe. They will not rush the killing of us. They have to be sure that there is bait in the trap to lure you in.”

“And how goes the fight against the Cacas on your world?”

“Thanks to what you are providing, we have been able to strike back.

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