Fight the Good Fight by Daniel Gibbs

Author:Daniel Gibbs [Gibbs, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-12T22:00:00+00:00

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As the communication screen snapped off, Admiral Pierre Seville sat back in his flag chair. The ship technically had a commanding officer that doubled as Seville’s fleet captain, but Seville was going to be on the bridge and in command for this endeavor. Savoring the interaction with the Lion’s commander, Seville enjoyed playing the game; in fact, he lived for playing it. He had been the leader of the League’s initial attack on Canaan; and after he finished serving his time in forced early retirement, he’d been rehabilitated and given the leave to ask for an assignment. Without hesitation, Seville had asked to take over the League military operations against the Terran Coalition.

Seville reflected on the fact that the Terran Coalition had survived for nearly thirty years in a war against the League; mostly due to the fact the League couldn’t bring its overwhelming superiority in numbers to bear because it had to police its internal holdings. The Terran Coalition’s citizens would tell you that God was on their side, but Seville thought them a bunch of children that feared the monster under the bed. The truth was, if the League ever summoned the balance of its fleet against the Coalition, their military would wilt and die.

The League wouldn’t bring its fleet to bear because everything in the League had to go through fifteen committees before any decision could be made. Ah, socialism, Seville thought to himself, such a noble experiment, but a failure as a government leadership model. Someday, Seville would fix that. He previously had plans that once the Terran Coalition was defeated, and he was hailed as the hero of the League, he would use that power to overthrow the old men of the Social and Public Safety Committee and create a new League based on authoritarian power. But that now would have to wait.

“Admiral, I am not sure of this. Exposing our officers to direct contact with these capitalists and religious zealots…” Colonel Strappi, the political officer and overall morale commissar for the Destruction, said, breaking Seville’s train of thought.

Seville suppressed the urge to slap Strappi. He hated political officers with a passion, but he tolerated Strappi for one reason; the man could be reasoned with and lacked enough connections to truly hurt Seville. “Do you truly have no faith in the loyalty of my staff, Colonel?” Seville asked in an acrobatically mocking tone. “Do not worry. There is no harm in having a dinner before we get to Canaan. Are you not the least bit interested in what these Terrans are like?”

Strappi would not be deterred. “But if your people are not loyal…”

Seville cleared his throat. “They are completely loyal, Colonel. Do not concern yourself with it,” Seville said with a commanding voice. He was immediately amused by how Strappi acted like a cur dog and backed down even with his body language.

“Of course, Admiral.”

“Now I suggest that you remember your manners and tact, as you will be joining us for this dinner.”

“What of the prisoner, sir? I am unsure of the minister’s order to let her go so soon.

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