Steven Gordon 3: The Modloch Empire by J W Murison

Author:J W Murison [Murison, J W]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: space adventure, Aliens, Space Opera, steven gordon series
ISBN: 9781534621954
Amazon: 1534621954
Barnesnoble: 1534621954
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Published: 2016-06-09T17:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 31

‘Emperors, Kings, Heads of State, Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen. My Name is Michael Montgomery, and I am the elected representative of the people of Earth. I wish to welcome you all to this event. First and foremost, I would like to thank the Emperor of the great Modloch Empire, for allowing us to hold this event within his great palace. As a people we are humbled by your consideration.’ He bowed to the Emperor who waved a hand in recognition.

‘As you already know, this is a bid to win enough support to sponsor an application to join the Galactic Brotherhood of Races. To even reach this point is a milestone for the Human race. A few short years ago, we didn’t even know there was life on other planets.’

This brought forth a great guff of laughter from the audience.

The President also laughed, ‘I know. It all seems so stupid now. I for one always believed there was life in the great expanse of space. As did many other Humans. Very few of us, however, believed that the technology existed to travel the great distances involved. We were wrong. I was wrong. In fact we were very, very, wrong. Our first encounter of alien life was not another species but two self-aware ships in dire need of a crew. Those ships picked their own captains, two people they thought worthy of them. As it was, they were not only worthy of the ships but of the whole Human race.

‘They led us into the depths of space where they came upon what we called the Black Planet. It harboured a sinister secret. On the planet’s surface they found a building, and within the building, thousands of our fellow citizens. These people were being held there for experimentation.

Our sun is deadly to all other races from this side of the barrier. For anyone here but a Human, to cross the great barrier is a death sentence. A race called the Albany, however, lived long enough to discover our home world and the untouched wealth of our solar system. Their greed led them on a quest to try and bind the genetics of both our races together, so they could live in our solar system. They succeeded, though it cost the lives of thousands of Humans. Men, women, children, even babies were sacrificed in this quest. They have the audacity to call us filthy animals, but I will not linger on this matter.

‘You are all aware of Grand Admiral Gairloch’s story, how he came to our planet, of how we welcomed him in to our homes and hearts, and his joy at what he found. He called Earth “the crown jewel of the Galaxy.”

‘If it wasn’t for Gairloch, none of us would be here now. It was he who encouraged us to make this journey to your part of the galaxy, to cross the great barrier.

‘You may ask yourself why would he do that for a race of meat-eaters. What we wish to impart upon you is the knowledge that he gained.

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