HADRON Havoc by Arseneault Stephen

Author:Arseneault, Stephen [Arseneault, Stephen]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: space battles, galactic empire, series, aliens, alien, intergalactic war, star wars, hard science fiction, scifi adventure, action thriller, space travel, military scifi, scifi, adventure space, super human, scifi action adventure, alien worlds, space opera, scifi series, mens adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, alien abduction, science fiction, military
Publisher: Stephen Arseneault
Published: 2016-06-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

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A comm was opened to Frado Knuttin. "Mr. Hardy. The United Front would like to make a counter offer. We will retain the Mawga Empire, as well as Canto, and offer peace to the Karthians. In exchange, they will release all claims to Earth and the Galactic Union territories, and they will declare peace with the United Front. The United Front will then provide protection to Earth for a period of at least five of your years."

Mace sighed. "I can tell you right now the Karthians will not go for that. We'd end up having to destroy a dozen of their cities, something we are not prepared to do. So here is my counter... the UF will give up Canto and the Mawga territories. In exchange they will receive peace. The Karthians will give up Earth and the Galactic Union territories, and in exchange they will also get peace."

Frado replied, "That's the same as you're original offer."

Mace nodded. "It is. And time is wasting. Those Karthian stations are sitting right on the other side of that rift as we speak. They now know where the heart of the United Front resides. They're probably making a starmap of your entire territory. And if they attack, they rarely take prisoners. Just look at what they did to most of the members of the Galactic Union. Gone. Genocide.

"Now, you can tell your people they can be bullheaded about this, or they can have peace. It's their choice. But if we're going to make this work, I need to know now. They have one hour or the deal is off and the Karthians are gonna be a much bigger problem than a lost warstation."

"I will pass on your message, Mr. Hardy. Let's hope they can come to a proper decision."

The comm closed.

Mace let out a long breath as he sat back in a chair. "I'm gonna need a vacation. The muscles in my neck feel like they're gonna explode."

Jane said, "You're in the middle of playing hardball negotiations over entire planets and species. The fate of the Human race is hanging in the balance. That's more than any one man should have to deal with in a thousand lifetimes."

Johnny said, "You did great, by the way. Like I said earlier, I'm in awe of everything that's happened. How we came to this point in time, the problems we're dealing with... talk about above and beyond... things couldn't get any bigger than this."

An hour had passed when Frado Knuttin again opened a comm to Mace. "Mr. Hardy, I have what you would consider good news and bad."

Johnny rolled his eyes. "Here we go."

Frado continued: "We reached out to the Karthian fleet at the rift. After a series of hastily-put-together negotiations, a peace agreement has been reached. Canto will be spared. In return, the Mawga will be released from their protection bargain. The Karthians, in return for that, will relinquish their claim to the former Dellus colonies, providing each of us with a buffer between our territories.

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