Fighting for Melbourne by Saxon Andrew

Author:Saxon Andrew [Andrew, Saxon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Saxon Andrew Publishing LLC.
Published: 2018-11-19T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Nine months had passed since the Fagan had been attacked by Earth’s fleet and Wade had to admit things seemed rather quiet. Well, quiet in the sense of no battles taking place. However, the Fagan were building up the number of Fortresses at an incredible rate. “Sir, I’m intercepting a communication coming in to the High Leader from one of his scout leaders.”

“Send it to me, Gerri.”

• • •

“High Leader, one of my scouts has detected a single enemy warship moving past the spiral arm and headed toward the Empire.”

“Are you certain it’s alone?”

“I’ve dispatched a hundred scouts to search behind it and they’ve found nothing.”

The High Leader called the Supreme Fleet Manager to his office before saying to a fortress commander, “What is it doing?”

“High Leader, it appears to be flying toward our territory at a moderate speed. All of its external lights are on and none of its weapons are charged.”

The Fleet Admiral arrived and heard the Fortress Commander’s last statement. He looked up at the wall and saw the single Planet Killer moving through space. The High Leader turned to him, “What do you think that ship is doing?”

“I believe it’s coming to communicate with you.”

The High Leader waved a hand, “I’m ordering it destroyed.”

“High Leader, I’d recommend not doing that.”

“Why?”

“I’d like to hear what it has to say. We can destroy it any time we choose. There must be a reason they’ve come to talk with you.”

“They don’t have anything I want to hear.”

“High Leader, I’d really like to know what their intentions are; it would help me in commanding our fleets.”

The High Leader stared at the Fleet Manager and ordered, “Send three fortresses out to intercept it just inside our communication range. Do not fire on that ship until I order it.”

The Fleet Manager bowed his head, “Thank you.”

• • •

The alien War Leader stared at the giant wall monitor and heard his scanning leader announce, “There are three of the enemy’s giant warships moving toward us at high speed, War Leader.”

The War Leader turned to his weapons leader, “You will not activate any of our defenses. If you do, I will personally execute you.”

“But we’re defenseless against them!”

“We have our orders and we will follow them. Under no circumstances will we offer resistance to this enemy.”

The War Leader’s Second said, “This is a suicide mission.”

The War Leader turned three of his eyes to his second while the other three remained fixed on the monitor, “That’s what we get for allowing this enemy to destroy so many of our ships when they attacked. Our choice was simple, accept this mission or everyone on board be executed for our failure. If we manage to survive this, we’ll be deemed innocent of any crime and resume our former place in the fleet.”

“It’s sure death either way, War Leader.”

“Probably, but at least we’ve lived longer on the flight here.” The War Leader stared at the monitor and stood up, “What are they doing?”

The Second turned to the monitor, “It appears they’re surrounding us.

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