The Forever War by Raymond L Weil

Author:Raymond L Weil [Weil, Raymond L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781547205141
Goodreads: 35496110
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-06-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Prince Caluume listened with interest to the report of Military Leader Renwarld. He was surprised to hear of a world rich in food so far from the other civilized areas of this galaxy. One thing that did concern him was Renwarld had lost one of his cruisers in a brief skirmish with the inhabitants of that system. It indicated this particular race, even though isolated, might have heard of the Vorn and the harvesting fleets.

I believe other worlds are close by as well, Renwarld sent. He was on board his cruiser and communicating telepathically with Prince Caluume. We observed numerous ships coming and going from the system. From the flight paths we recorded, as many as three or four more food worlds are nearby.

You say this primary world has several billion inhabitants?

Yes, the third planet has an estimated four to seven billion of the food species living upon it.

Prince Caluume considered this new information. Just the one world would be well worth harvesting. Also none of the large Protector Worlds were nearby, so all the harvesting fleet would have to worry about were the warships and the defenses of this single world. He would have Military Leader Jattal study the sensor recordings Renwarld made of the system to see how powerful the defenses of this particular food species were.

The harvesting fleet of Prince Lakat was nearby and could be called upon for a joint harvest if necessary. A thousand Vorn cruisers and six motherships should crush the defenses of one isolated world—or possibly five. If all had similar populations as the one Military Leader Renwarld had observed, the trip would be certainly worth it.

Two days previously Prince Caluume’s fleet had rendezvoused with a Collector ship and unloaded its bounty of food pellets. A large number had been found to be suitable for the Royal Caste. He had also been informed that Prince Brollen had returned to the galaxy with a large harvesting fleet and was already processing food world after food world.

This pleased Prince Caluume as it meant his fleet could now return to the richer food harvesting regions of this galaxy. After he harvested the world or worlds Military Leader Renwarld had found, and if he continued to bring in successful harvests, perhaps Prince Brollen would secure Caluume a higher position in the Royal Court.

He had met Prince Brollen once, though Caluume doubted if the prince would remember him. Rumors swept the fleet that Prince Brollen had risen to a high level of power in the court and might someday even replace Queen Alithe if she decided to step down from her lofty position.

Many of the princes in the court had always questioned why the Queens were allowed to rule. Most believed it was biological since the Queens produced the young of the race. Prince Caluume would not mind seeing Prince Brollen rise to power and become the High Ruler of the Vorn.

Caluume spent some time wondering how he could bring himself to Brollen’s attention to secure himself a better position in the Royal Court.

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