Conflict Unending by Raymond L Weil

Author:Raymond L Weil [Weil, Raymond L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-12-10T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Jeremy was on board the Avenger escorted by a fleet of twelve hundred of the new dreadnaughts and sixteen thousand of the enhanced battlecruisers. They were in Galaxy X-938 doing mock battles against the Eternals. What made this fleet special was all twelve hundred dreadnaughts had Federation crews on board. As part of the training Admiral Tolsen, Admiral Baasil, Admiral Lankell, Commander Belson, and Commander Jontel were involved as well. Opposing the fleet was Admiral Cross and the fleet assigned to defend the Dyson Sphere. He had eight hundred dreadnaughts and nine thousand battlecruisers.

“So far Admiral Tolsen and Commander Belson have shown real talent commanding the fleet in the battle scenarios,” commented Ariel. She was standing just behind Jeremy and to his left.

Jeremy had to agree. “Admiral Tolsen commanded a dreadnaught built by the Altons. He’s used to commanding large fleets, particularly after what occurred in the Shari Empire. The ship he has now is a step up in size, speed, and firepower but he’s adapted quite well.”

This pleased Jeremy. He needed more admirals he could depend on fighting the Eternals. He had already sent Admiral Jackson and Admiral Calmat to attack two other Eternal galaxies. Once this training was over, he intended to send two more fleets into Eternal space. After going over Rear Admiral Mann’s report of the battle in Galaxy X-268, Jeremy was determined to force the Eternals to allocate more of their ships to defend their space. He needed to buy time to train more Federation personnel on commanding Originator ships and becoming familiar with the advanced technology. Both were huge challenges.

“Ship production on all fleet bases and Shrieels is at maximum,” Aaliss reported. “New shipyards are coming online every day. Within a year warship production will exceed 430,000 vessels. All will be dreadnaughts or the enhanced battlecruisers. In addition, all the dreadnaughts will have dark energy cannons as well as our latest weapon updates.”

“What about the Eternals?” asked Kevin, his brow wrinkling in a frown. “How many ships can they build in a year’s time?”

Aaliss and Ariel looked at one another and then Ariel answered. “We know they control slightly over ten thousand galaxies. We believe they have the capability of building nearly six million ships per year if necessary. That can change quickly if they add more shipyards.”

Kevin’s eyes grew wide at hearing this. “How can we ever defeat such an enemy?”

Aaliss shifted her attention to Kevin. “In five years we can have the Shrieels and fleet bases building nearly 800,000 ships per year. To go beyond that we would have to add more fleet bases and expand mining operations into thousands of additional star systems. The civilizations in the galaxies where there are Shrieels would quickly become aware of us, something we have been trying to avoid as the knowledge a race such as the Originators exists could have devastating effects.”

“Not as bad as what will happen if the Eternals conquer those civilizations,” Jeremy said. “Whether we like it or not at some point we’re going to need more allies.

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