Soteria: The Crisis Forge by Roberto Arcoleo

Author:Roberto Arcoleo [Arcoleo, Roberto]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Publisher: Chandra Press
Published: 2019-07-03T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26: An Emergency Meeting

The Supreme Council rushed to meet. Dronin instructed Elgert and Allaceia to drop all matters and come to the high chambers immediately.

“We are receiving communications from Mark. He demands to know what is going to be asked of himself and Jason,” said Dronin.

“Demands?” replied Allaceia. “This is a new development. They have never made such a bold overture before.”

“I know. They are reaching their full strength. They just stood facing each other outside the plasma and communicated. They are growing stronger each day and will soon have power equal to ours,” answered Dronin.

“We allow them to make demands of us. That would show weakness on our part. We will treat this as an inquiry and answer a question with another question. Furthermore, we should not look upon them as adversaries; they are my children. We will tell them we would like to communicate directly. Once they enter the portal together, we will see them face to face and can explain to them their purpose and their task,” said Allaceia.

“Well, you are the diplomat, Allaceia, but they will soon be at full power. They will be able to challenge us,” he said, hoping this bait would encourage her into revealing priorities, not in the interests of Eldern.

These events will be the opportunity I need to begin to turn Dronin against her and bring him into my web. Elgert laid his trap. He awaited Allaceia’s reaction, and to his surprise, she took the bait.

“But they are my children; they will not turn against us.”

She shows herself, thought Elgert. Again, he spoke, “There is another issue. Triptonians have been detected on Earth. They have been sighted in the vicinity of Jason.”

“How did they get past our probes? This is a treaty violation!” exclaimed Dronin angrily.

Allaceia calmly interjected, “I will contact the ambassador immediately.”

“I’m sure it wasn’t an officially sanctioned visit, rather a rogue group of fans that snuck onto the planet. I have no idea how the probes did not detect them. They must have some sort of cloaking technology,” continued Elgert.

Allaceia was well aware of the visits to earth by those furry little beings. She had allowed it as a favor to her friend, Mananken, the Ambassador of the Triptonians. “I must launch a protest and demand that it be stopped. If New Tripton gets involved in any way with our plans, it could be disastrous,” she responded.

“Why? What could they do?” asked Dronin.

“They could be real trouble. You know, New Tripton is the only planet in the federation that is allowed to keep battleships. The agreement is centrons old; it was deemed by past councils that New Tripton’s position on the outer edge of the galaxy was best suited to protect the other planets. This treaty binds us, but they can be difficult, and if they have acquired advanced cloaking technology, it could be extremely problematic. They are a capricious race, unpredictable at best. You say you believe it was not sanctioned; maybe it is just an innocent adventure, but do we really want them to know what we are up to on Earth? No.

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