toward the Blue Ships. Another cloud followed the first and then the gap between the clouds disappeared. He looked at the Probe’s feed from outside the battle and saw the invader’s ships were being rocked by the clouds of dark blaster beams hitting them from three sides. Their missiles and beams were stopped at the surface of their force field as the clouds continued to roll in on them.
Angel looked at her visor and said, “Stone, I have ten attack fighters moving in on the rear.”
“I’m baiting them, Sir. I’ve got them handled.”
Angel smiled, “Arve, Grest, fire two more barrages and follow the second barrage with six penetrators. Target one of them on each of those ships.”
“Affirmative, you do know that three will be targeted on each ship?”
“We don’t have time to experiment; those ships are attacking Earth.”
Stone said, “Penetrator Launch in three, two, one…”
• • •
The Command Leader arrived and released a small nuclear bomb in sub space. The explosion disrupted subspace so that no reinforcements could arrive to save the planet. The fight with the first six ships wasn’t easy and one of his ships was slightly damaged. He placed it in the center of his formation and continued toward the planet. They would be in range in twenty minutes. “Leader, there are three large white warships accelerating toward us. They’re different from those we just destroyed.”
“Put the view on my panel.” An image appeared and it was significantly different from the first ships that had destroyed. “Launch missiles and direct the surviving attack craft in on them. Start firing beams as soon as they move into range.”
• • •
The Masters gathered around the large table watched the missiles leave their ships and accelerate toward the three white ships. When the ships went vertical and flew over the top of the incoming missiles they stood up. That kind of maneuver was impossible. They watched the three ships moving in on their force from three different directions and saw something dark emerge from them. They watched missiles and beams hit the dark wall and explode. The wall hit their ships and the communication feed was disrupted. Their displays went dark.
The Lead Master looked at the others, “It appears they have been rather sneaky.”
The Second Maser said, “Do tell. How many of those ships do you think they have?”
The Leader raised his head, “How many could we build in eighteen years?”
“That is not good.”
“Perhaps we should communicate with them now.”
“Do you think they’ll talk?”
“Does it matter? I’d like to delay any retaliation they might plan until we can determine their strength.”
The Masters looked at their Leader. The Second said, “You still intend to remove them?”
“Now more than before. You’ve seen the danger they represent.”
“They did promise to stay away and have appeared to keep their word.”
“Yes, but that’s wind over the wall; what we’ve done can’t be undone. They will take action against us.”
The Masters looked at each other and didn’t like what they had just observed.
• • •
Gibbs felt the small bump as the front tubes on the Wellington launched six of the new Dark Energy Penetrators. Gibbs grabbed the arms of his chair as Angel pulled back on the steering controls and turned the ship into a violent 180 degree turn. Gibbs gritted his teeth as Angel said, “Our barrages have stopped and we’re outside the range of their beams. We’ll come back around for another run once we’re inside fifty miles.”
Stone said, “It won’t be necessary, Sir.”
Angel completed the circle and looked at her visor. The six alien ships were hanging in space. Three of them were blown apart and the other three were on fire. Angel looked at the microphone on her visor and said, “Grest, Arve, move your ships between those derelicts and Earth. Be prepared to fire a barrage if they launch nuclear missiles at the
Angel looked at her visor and said, “Stone, I have ten attack fighters moving in on the rear.”
“I’m baiting them, Sir. I’ve got them handled.”
Angel smiled, “Arve, Grest, fire two more barrages and follow the second barrage with six penetrators. Target one of them on each of those ships.”
“Affirmative, you do know that three will be targeted on each ship?”
“We don’t have time to experiment; those ships are attacking Earth.”
Stone said, “Penetrator Launch in three, two, one…”
• • •
The Command Leader arrived and released a small nuclear bomb in sub space. The explosion disrupted subspace so that no reinforcements could arrive to save the planet. The fight with the first six ships wasn’t easy and one of his ships was slightly damaged. He placed it in the center of his formation and continued toward the planet. They would be in range in twenty minutes. “Leader, there are three large white warships accelerating toward us. They’re different from those we just destroyed.”
“Put the view on my panel.” An image appeared and it was significantly different from the first ships that had destroyed. “Launch missiles and direct the surviving attack craft in on them. Start firing beams as soon as they move into range.”
• • •
The Masters gathered around the large table watched the missiles leave their ships and accelerate toward the three white ships. When the ships went vertical and flew over the top of the incoming missiles they stood up. That kind of maneuver was impossible. They watched the three ships moving in on their force from three different directions and saw something dark emerge from them. They watched missiles and beams hit the dark wall and explode. The wall hit their ships and the communication feed was disrupted. Their displays went dark.
The Lead Master looked at the others, “It appears they have been rather sneaky.”
The Second Maser said, “Do tell. How many of those ships do you think they have?”
The Leader raised his head, “How many could we build in eighteen years?”
“That is not good.”
“Perhaps we should communicate with them now.”
“Do you think they’ll talk?”
“Does it matter? I’d like to delay any retaliation they might plan until we can determine their strength.”
The Masters looked at their Leader. The Second said, “You still intend to remove them?”
“Now more than before. You’ve seen the danger they represent.”
“They did promise to stay away and have appeared to keep their word.”
“Yes, but that’s wind over the wall; what we’ve done can’t be undone. They will take action against us.”
The Masters looked at each other and didn’t like what they had just observed.
• • •
Gibbs felt the small bump as the front tubes on the Wellington launched six of the new Dark Energy Penetrators. Gibbs grabbed the arms of his chair as Angel pulled back on the steering controls and turned the ship into a violent 180 degree turn. Gibbs gritted his teeth as Angel said, “Our barrages have stopped and we’re outside the range of their beams. We’ll come back around for another run once we’re inside fifty miles.”
Stone said, “It won’t be necessary, Sir.”
Angel completed the circle and looked at her visor. The six alien ships were hanging in space. Three of them were blown apart and the other three were on fire. Angel looked at the microphone on her visor and said, “Grest, Arve, move your ships between those derelicts and Earth. Be prepared to fire a barrage if they launch nuclear missiles at the
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