Re: Commander's Quarters
Talk continued a bit, Capshaw tossed questions down to the SM and LC about , eliminating some of the people whom SEC could not reach on planets and stations.
Shadow danced around those questions without Looking at The Admiral or the Captain, leaving Capshaw with a slight smile as she ..did..glance at the Admiral and Captain from time to time.
Dessert came, mostly frozen confections in bowls with Choies of flavored syrups, but there was ..honest to the gods, chocolate cake!
Shadow took a high stemmed glass bowl with something akin to ice-cream, but it glistened with ice..he poured chocolate and cherry syrup on it.
as they enjoyed , whatever they had taken for dessert The Admiral began..he had the cake and added whip cream on top of the icing.Right now..we are sailing in the direction of Fuji. allies and friends alike see us going there..and we will. The bigger question on everyone's
mind is ..'where do we go from there? '
Bornberry said..I would like to know that myself... there were chuckles.
Vampra...Roussa..and Aura, are problem spots , or will be... I want to crush Vampra.... Roussa and Vera, seem to think , when we made them sign treaties, it was meant to bind them to it.. and the Damn Fish have been calling for help from the Lizards and the Bugs... we cammot leave them actively hostile at our backs while we go elsewhere, Paradise did us a favor. The Skyth have total control of Paradise 2 and 3.. They 'leak' some vids as to what's happening to the angels there, to Paradise Prime, and that's keeping the angels there in check.. The
Skyth now patrol the Paradise system.. any ship..any ship at all that isn't flagged as APF.. either gets boarded and captures..or gets blown to scrap for the foundry ships...
he taps his glass and two orderly's roll out a table , turning on a Holo of the know systems.
he gets up with his bowl of cake, and stands by the holo as you see..at the top is where the Skyth and Qarl play their games.... the Qarl between the skyth and the Demon's systems... but now, The Skyth hold power in Paradise.. APF folks on Paradise Prime govern that colony... and they aid the Skyth when they need to dock and get supplies... in turn, the Skyth will gift them with a vessels..I think the Rule of thumb is 'one out of three" they capture. so the APF fleet grows slolwy ,but each one adds to the defense...and support for the Skyth..
The Skyth have been making forays , into Zeta Quad... the ESN folks On Taranaki have been fending of all manner of pirates and out right attacks.. They lost three colonies since we left earth the first time... The Admiral of Taranaki is Admiral Dente Frosh. He was born in Spain, went through the academy there, came into San Diego when i was an ensign..he commanded an early destroyer at the Battle of Mars 1 and II . his ship recorded 3 Victories.. 1 was a transport. that must have had close to 30,000 demons on it.. he also destroyed a water
Container vessel, and a demon Destroyer.. he was tabbed to take Taranaki as the Hermes was being built . he has held the station for the last 3 years, after the last colony fell.. Skyth and Paradise Prime will aid him...needless to say, we are going to have to clear that Quad,
he frowns...but...not now. The Skyth have said , they will at very least, 'hunt ' in that quad, Until the delta Fleet can go there... we..need to exact discipline on our problem children at out back.. we are going to load up on Fuji.. we..um..may have some house cleaning there as well .. once we leave there, we are headed to Russa, and ...that will include Vera... from there we wil sail Through Hyrian space
to Vampra... then swing a bit to come into Aqra space.. to see whose asses we have to kick. I have no idea how long this will take. But were are not Going to be diplomatic about this... Enemies who have seen how well we treat those who have become part of the APF family, Know the good things about us...Roussa... Vera ..they are about to find out what you don't fuck of the ESN/APF ..Vampra was smug? thinking we would not waste time on them while they continue their raids and attacks. 2 days ago, a Hyrian outpost on an asteroid, near Kaos.. and I think they have people on Oasis as well...
Lorg nodded..
we have colonies on Both..all the Hyrians there Votes to join the APF, after the delta fleet came back to help, undo the damage done.. to us..but, the Vampic did not take kindly to that.. they are, much like your Admiral Frosh..surrounded...they have a 'pipeline' of sorts between them, they have lasted this long, because Vampra does not consider them a threat..there is a deep hate between The Vampic's
and Wolf People..even on earth there were encounters between them as they fought over human prey.
well.. the whole of the Black is about to find out , Just how serious The delta Fleet is when we have to come back a 'second time"
he returned to his chair.
Now.. Major Gosk and Captain Lorg..what we need from you is help... we need to know the lanes Vampra uses for supplies and where then send their ships out from ..we also need to know where their Colonies are...and You have until we beat the ever loving 9 hells out of vera to get me that information...we also need a few ships as a show of force, from Hyrian to add to the defense of Aqra..
any questions