Neptune's Massif by Ben Winston

Author:Ben Winston [Winston, Ben]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Alien Invasion, First Contact, Adventure, action, Space Fleet, ai, Fleet battle, Artificial intelligence, Military
Amazon: B0198MZ0X2
Publisher: Blue Space Publications, LLC.
Published: 2015-12-24T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

Admiral's Office

TDF Star Dancer

Pleiades One Orbital Shipyard

Planet Atlas, Centauri System

Sol Sector

Ian looked over the after-action report from the Caldarian base assault and shook his head. How many people had those assholes taken off world while he had been ignoring them? Currently, there was no way they could go after the kidnapped people to rescue them; they didn't have the ships, nor could they leave for the period of time needed to travel to the Caldarian base.

Later, after this mess with New Talos and Hyperion had been taken care of he could look at doing something about it, but not now - not yet. He silently hoped there would still be someone to rescue when they finally got there.

There was a note from Luke that Mel had sent stating the Council was considering the re-purposing of the base as a Terran Emergency Response Base and requesting the permanent stationing of the Poseidon there, as well as a battalion of Marines. The redesign would include a full sized Terran medical center, as well as storage for large quantities of emergency relief supplies. The mines would be collapsed and or filled in. The Raptor team and the Marines stationed at the small base would be tasked with putting out the small fires that always seemed to crop up all over the planet. As well as maintain a large amount of supplies in order to respond to catastrophes such as earthquakes and tsunamis.

Ian could understand the need for it. The Poseidon was already set up for underwater operations, and in conjunction with the new research base in the Hawaiian Islands, it would indeed be able to respond to emergencies far quicker than any space based assets.

He took the time to send a return note with his approval and recommendations back to Luke and the Council. He felt kind of silly doing that since they were only down on the planet below them; a short shuttle ride away. Not only that, he could have easily called the man. However, both of them were busy and sending a message was the better way of dealing with low priority items like the new base.

Getting up from his desk, Ian walked over to the balcony over-looking the new bridge of the Star Dancer. Several techs were still down there, working with the operators to work out any bugs or issues they could find with the new equipment. It was almost like the old girl was a brand new ship; of course, after so many changes and upgrades, you could say she actually was.

Since he had postponed the mission to Hyperion, Star Dancer was once again put on the schedule for Battle Cruiser conversion. Prometheus would still be completed first, but only by a few days.

When finished, the two newly redesigned ships would be the most powerful weapons ever built by humans; until the completion of the Tiamat. Although an argument could be made that the two smaller ships were the more powerful, since Tiamat's primary role would be fighter support and space superiority combat operations.

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