The Forgotten Empire: War for the Empire by Raymond L. Weil

Author:Raymond L. Weil [Weil, Raymond L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raymond L. Weil Publications LLC
Published: 2021-03-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Admiral Cleemorl took a deep breath, after receiving the hyperlight message from Fleet Admiral Marloo. If his information was correct, the Confederation fleets were bypassing all the heavily defended Human planets and heading directly for the Hagen Star Cluster and the core worlds. That would mean the Humans would face the full force of the Confederation and not fleets that had taken significant losses while engaging other Human worlds.

At the moment, Admiral Cleemorl had both of his newly promoted rear admirals on the comm. “It’s been suggested that the Druins and the Zynth are probably heading our way, and the Morag are heading directly to the core worlds.”

“We can handle the Druins and the Zynth,” commented Rear Admiral Manson confidently.

“Perhaps so, but we need to hold our losses to a minimum.”

“They may head directly toward Gideon,” suggested Rear Admiral Fulmar. “Annihilate our biggest base and then work outward from there. That’s what I would do.”

“Or the Druins may attack one target and the Zynth another,” suggested Rear Admiral Manson. “They both have pretty large fleets.”

There was silence for a long moment, and then Rear Admiral Fulmar spoke. “So what do we do with our fleets?”

“We keep all three deployed as they are,” answered Cleemorl. “Each one of us has a group of worlds and inhabited moons to protect. The shipyards above all seven of the major worlds of this cluster are turning out new warships nearly every day. Once we know the target or targets of the Confederation fleets, then we can decide for sure where we need to commit our fleet assets.”

“The entire star cluster is currently at Condition Three,” added Fulmar. “We’ve increased attack interceptor patrols in every system, including the mining colonies. When the Confederation fleets show up, we’ll know.”

Dylan leaned back in his command chair, deep in thought. “If the Druins and the Zynth headed directly toward us, after leaving Hastings, they could arrive as early as late tomorrow. I would suggest you ensure your crews get as much rest as possible in the next sixteen hours.”

“Agreed,” replied Rear Admiral Manson. “Once this battle starts, there won’t be much time for rest.”

The two rear admirals signed off, and Dylan ordered the Themis and its accompanying fleet to head to Tantula Five. He wanted to speak to Governor Dyson about the upcoming battle. Dylan also planned on positioning his fleet around Tantula Five, until he saw the strength of the enemy. Tantula Five was nearly as heavily defended as Golan Four. Currently Tantula Five had sixteen ODPs, two thousand energy platforms, three hundred missile platforms, and twelve PDCs. All three space stations were heavily armed and possessed powerful energy shields. The shipyard had been expanded and was heavily armed as well and protected by a very powerful energy shield. In addition large numbers of missile interceptors were based on the planet, and every major city sat inside a ring of energy beam turrets, designed to track and to take out incoming missiles. Also three thousand ground-based attack interceptors were at all twelve bases on the planet.

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