I need more time to compile the total number but just our ship has killed 320 ships so far, make that 400, and only one of our ships had withdrawn from the conflict. One of the Tallahassees needle ports malfunctioned and blew a section of its hull away; it is jumping back to Earth for repairs. All other ships are still fighting, Sir.
Tag was stunned.
Harauik watched his fleet die around him. He couldnt believe what he was witnessing. Within the first sixty sems he had lost 5,000 ships. After 120 sems had passed another 8,000 were dead. Now half his fleet was gone and the other half was going quickly. How many of them have we killed, he asked.
The sensor officer looked at the Hargon and said, None.
Harauik was sick. All his pride, all his stubbornness, all his belief in his invincibility was gone. Then he saw in his display that one of those Human ships had jumped in front of his ship and he knew that his time was over. The thing that troubled him the most was he had taken most of his home worlds fleet into this battle and now most of them were gone. Just as his ship was blown into dust, he thought, Perhaps the Humans will protect my people.
The sensor officer aboard the Atlanta said, Sir, most of the Alliance ships are turning and moving out of the system.
Order an immediate cease fire, Tag shouted.
The worlds of the Alliance watched the battle and knew real fear. The ones that were planning to attack their neighbors decided that perhaps they would wait. No one was willing to give these Humans a reason to attack them. Every planet watched and waited for what was to follow.
State Leader Sten, Tag commed.
Yes, Im here.
It is not in my province to tell you how to run your government but now is the time for you to build something here that is worth saving. I will be removing my ships from your worlds in two rotations. You need to make sure the aggressive members have their claws clipped. Before you try to say that you are no longer the State Leader, after what happened today, you have gained more power than you know. You might hint that you dont want to have to call the humans for help; that should make them hesitate. We do not choose to rule by force and ordinarily we would have left you alone but we just couldnt let you kill each other without trying to help. However, we will not force ourselves on you. You will have to invite us in the future before we again come into your space. Build something good here State Leader. Sten watched as the Human ships disappeared from his system.
Sten looked at Dgzh and said, What now?
Dgzh smiled and said, Get out your tools and lets get busy. We have a lot of work ahead of us. Fortunately, we have enough ships to send out to replace the Human ships. Lets get the Subleader involved in making it happen.
Atlas was parked watching the plant like race attacking one of the few planets left in the Galaxy that had not been consumed by the race his masters had such trouble defeating. The inhabitants of the planet were a space faring race that had not discovered interstellar travel but did have good defenses. The nations of that world had been fighting amng themselves and had joined forces prior to the creatures appearance. They had managed to hold the Plants initial attack of nine hundred ships at bay but they would not last much longer. A new armada was approaching the planet that was composed of more than 100,000 war ships. Some of the ships were close to 12 miles long and bristled with energy beams and missile ports. After the last battle the defenders only had 800 ships left from all of their nations and Atlas could see civilian transports leaving the planet trying to escape the incoming fleet; but without interstellar capability they stood no chance of escaping. The Plants could finish the planet and catch them at their leisure. The armada ignored the escaping ships and moved remorselessly on the planet. Once the Armada arrived at the planet, it destroyed the 800 war ships quickly even though they suffered some losses in the battle. The big ships then disgorged thousands of troop transports that started dropping to the surface landing near all the population centers. Resistance was ferocious but the defenders were being overwhelmed by the millions of soldiers. Atlas turned his sensors to the largest city on the northern continent. The southern Continent was not as populated and the population there had fled the small rural cites and hid in the forests. The Plants focused their attention on the larger cities and that was where the majority of the drop forces were landing. Atlas focused even closer and listened in as he watched the battle happening below.
Here they come; ready the anti-ship missiles, A-group commander ordered. His forces aimed the anti-ship missiles at the incoming drop ships and fired a hundred missiles from the tops of the tallest buildings in the center of the city. The commander watched as the missiles homed in on the incoming transports and began impacting. The transports were not screened. Drop ships exploded and began falling on the buildings below.
Commander, those ships are hitting the city as they crash.
Would you rather have those ships deliver the ten thousand soldiers? Fire all remaining missiles and go to your second stations. Do it now before they start hitting us.
The sky above the city was awash in flame as thousands of missiles headed skyward and homed in on the incoming Plant transports. Thousands of the transports were hit and fell to the planet destroying huge sections of the city below. A-Group ran from the tops of the buildings and dove into elevator shafts that were empty of elevators. As they fell close to the ground they used their suit jets to slow them down. As they landed they ran out of the building and found the laser cannons they had hidden. The Commander of A-group looked up and wondered if the Plants were not as bright as he expected them to be. Suddenly the building where they had launched their missiles was hit by a beam from space and the entire structure blew apart. All over the central part of the city buildings were being blown into rubble.
Alright, they think they have us now. Pick your targets wisely, warriors, and get on the move immediately after you fire.
The mobile laser cannons watched their sensors as the transports began to come in again. They had reached fifteen hundred feet off the ground when every cannon in the city fired simultaneously. Transports fell by the hundreds. The mobile cannons raced away from their firing sites and looked for other places that had been set up to hide.
Commander, invaders that were landed outside the city are approaching in mass. Theyll be hitting the southern city limit in moments.
Are the ardvile cannons ready?
Yes they are sir.
Fire when they are crossing the city limit.
Yes Sir.
The Group Commander hoped he could slow the invaders down long enough for the transports that had left the planet to escape. His brother was the fleet commander and those ships were the best and brightest of his race. He watched his display as a green mass came rushing toward the southern part of the city. Come on; get closer; get ready, fire!
As the green horde rushed up on the city, ten thousand cannons launched twenty thousand energy projectiles each in a mass wave at the invaders. The cannons had been camouflaged and gave off no energy signature until they were fired. The entire wave of green invaders was blown back; more than a mile of their ranks was totally blown out of existence.
All over the northern continent the Plants were being hit hard by the dug in defenders. Atlas watched the unbelievable carnage and thought that these defenders had been preparing for this invasion for a long time. The invaders were taking a huge hit on their landing forces. Perhaps the defenders might prevail and hold on to the planet. Then the city disappeared in a nuclear blast. All over the northern continent the ten largest cities were blown into radioactive dust.