Frontline by Z H Brown

Author:Z H Brown [Brown, Z H]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-05T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter XXV

Gold and Silver Alliance

Work has begun on the safety features you asked for, my lord. We have a dozen ships on patrol, each capable of vaporizing the asteroid in its entirety. All of the Siladon androids have been removed for storage and/or disassembly and we currently have a thousand troops stationed inside to protect the technicians setting up the isolated network. We should have the situation completely covered by the time you reach the meeting place, Your Majesty.

--Admiral Travay, reporting on the progress on the confinement of BRONZE

Early the next morning, after a scrumptious and filling breakfast, Ansaria, her squad, and the rest of the crew from the Throneship returned to the platform in the palace courtyard. Queen Zira and her entourage accompanied them, where Xandarius announced that the Prizmid Polaris would be joining them as his new Administrator, Epsilon.

Once they had teleported back to the ship, Xandarius had immediately begun setting things in action. The vessel had been rearmed and refueled during the night, and Xandarius declared that they would make all speed to the edge of Imperial space where he had previously intended to hunt down the Golden Emperor.

For days, the ship traveled through Z-space at a phenomenal speed. According to the information that had been distributed amongst the crew, it would take them four standard days to reach their destination. After hearing this, Ansaria broached a question to Tread:

“How is it that it will only take us four days to cross the bulk of Imperial space this time, but previously it had taken over a week for the Throneship to cover the same distance?”

“Last time, the vessel was going at a standard speed; going ‘full-throttle’, as it were, puts an awful strain on the engines, to say nothing of the fuel and power consumption. Undoubtedly, given the time constraint we are under, the Emperor has decided that the detrimental effects are an acceptable trade for speed.”

Ansaria and her squad were given free reign during the trip. Rather than keep them on the roster for guard duty, Xandarius had decided to allow the heroes of the Empire to engage in whatever recreation and training they could squeeze out of the trip. Ansaria was far from disappointed, as it allowed her to test her new blade in the training room. The sword, which she dubbed Star Saber, proved to be just as devastating as it appeared. Training bot after training bot were turned to slag by the plasma-lined weapon. It wasn’t uncommon for some of the others in the training room to stop and watch Ansaria cut through veritable armies of machines.

During the trip, Ansaria also told the squad about Xandarius’ proposal to her, with the understanding that they keep it to themselves. Slog and Critter were both stunned at the question, but neither was surprised at Ansaria turning it down. Tread, however, was a bit less understanding.

“You rejected the chance to become a ruler of a major, interstellar empire. Why?" he had asked, as dumbfoundedly as his features would allow.

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