The Wages of War by Saxon Andrew

Author:Saxon Andrew [Andrew, Saxon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Saxon Andrew Publishing LLC
Published: 2019-09-07T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Grady arrived at the construction site and found Cami and Robert on board their ship. They went to attention and Grady said, “At ease, take a seat. How long before you leave for Andromeda?”

“We’re leaving in four days,” Cami answered.

“Is the ship ready?”

Cami glanced at Robert before answering, “Everything has checked out. We’re double checking everything and should be done shortly. The ship still has to be fueled and provisioned.”

“You need to leave now! I’ll have the provisions brought on board today and the ship will be fueled by this evening.”

“What’s going on Sir?” Robert inquired.

“We’ve discovered an issue in Triangulum and we believe they will be leaving to invade the Milky Way in about six months.”

“We can stop them, can’t we?” Cami asked.

“That’s the issue. We’ve discovered there are thousands of intelligent species in Triangulum that have been unarmed by the Triangulum Civilization and peace is forced on them. If the Triangulum Civilization leaves for the Milky Way, the planets left behind will start going to war with each other; trillions could die.”

“Then just stop them from leaving; they can’t stand up to our warships,” Cami responded.

“It’s not as simple as that,” Grady replied. “The Triangulum Civilization is running because they fear a threat in Andromeda. If we stop them, then they along with all the peaceful planets could be conquered and destroyed. We must find out what the threat is in Andromeda and we need to know before they start their invasion of the Milky Way.”

“Sir, what if the threat in Andromeda is not something we can handle?”

Grady turned to Robert, “Then we’ll have to make some hard decisions and I want to know what we’re up against before I do that. You have six months and everyday counts. Plan to leave as soon as your ship is ready.” Grady paused and said, “Do not take any foolish risks. Your lives are more important than rushing into a dangerous situation to gather information.”

Cami hugged Grady, “We’ll be careful Daddy.” Grady nodded and left the ship.

Cami sat down in her chair at the weapons console and turned to Robert, “I was planning to discuss an issue with you just before we launched but it appears I must do it now.”

Robert’s eyes narrowed slightly, “What issue is that?”

“On this mission, you will be in command of the ship.”

Robert shook his head, “Cami, you are the superior officer on this ship.”

“Sweets was the superior officer on the missions we flew in the LMC and Triangulum, but she put Charlie in overall command.”

“Why did she do that?”

“He had more experience flying the ship in combat situations.”

“That’s not the case here; you have far more combat experience than me.”

“Are you willing to swap places and operate the weapons console?”

Robert shook his head, “No! You’re better with the weapons and I’m a better pilot.”

“So you’re the one that will have to make instant decisions on where the ship must be flown to avoid dangerous situations. If you have to wait for me to issue orders, we could be killed.

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